Prenatal Zika virus infection has sex-specific effects on infant physical development and mother-infant social interactions

G Moadab, F Pittet, JL Bennett, CL Taylor… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
There is enormous variation in the extent to which fetal Zika virus (fZIKV) infection affects the
developing brain. Despite the neural consequences of fZIKV infection observed in people …

Ultrasonography of the neotropical primate female reproductive system

SFS Domingues, DL Leão… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Neotropical (eg, Aotus sp., Callithrix jacchus, Saguinus sp., Saimiri sp., and Sapajus
sp.) primates are important models for biomedical research and studies on reproductive …

Histopathological lesions of congenital Zika syndrome in newborn squirrel monkeys

BN de Alcantara, AA Imbeloni… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The absence of an adequate animal model for studies has limited the understanding of
congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in humans during the outbreak in America. In this study, we …

Zika Virus Infection Damages the Testes in Pubertal Common Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri collinsi)

GC Benchimol, JB Santos, ASC Lopes, KG Oliveira… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak and after evidence of its sexual transmission was
obtained, concerns arose about the impact of the adverse effects of ZIKV infection on human …

[HTML][HTML] Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sp.) in Biomedical Research

L Williams, CE Hotchkiss - nprcresearch.org
It has long been recognized that the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sp.) is an important nonhuman
primate model in biomedical research. Squirrel monkeys are one of the most commonly …