Placental myeloid cells protect against Zika virus vertical transmission in a Rag1-deficient mouse model

CW Winkler, AB Evans, AB Carmody… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
The ability of Zika virus (ZIKV) to cross the placenta and infect the fetus is a key mechanism
by which ZIKV causes microcephaly. How the virus crosses the placenta and the role of the …

Zika, the newest TORCH infectious disease in the Americas

AAZ Kovacs - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Zika virus is a flavivirus that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It was first
detected in humans in 1952 in Uganda as mild sporadic illnesses. The first recorded …

[PDF][PDF] CLOSING THE GATES: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ENVELOPED VIRUSES AND CELLULAR MEMBRANES AS ANTIVIRAL STRATEGY

M OEYEN - 2020 - lirias.kuleuven.be
More than 30 years after its discovery, HIV is still a major health problem. According to
UNAIDS data, an estimated 37.9 million people (including 1.7 million children) were living …