Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Fetal demise and failed antibody therapy during Zika virus infection of pregnant macaques

  • Diogo M. Magnani,
  • Thomas F. Rogers,
  • Nicholas J. Maness,
  • Nathan D. Grubaugh,
  • Nathan Beutler,
  • Varian K. Bailey,
  • Lucas Gonzalez-Nieto,
  • Martin J. Gutman,
  • Núria Pedreño-Lopez,
  • Jaclyn M. Kwal,
  • Michael J. Ricciardi,
  • Tereance A. Myers,
  • Justin G. Julander,
  • Rudolf P. Bohm,
  • Margaret H. Gilbert,
  • Faith Schiro,
  • Pyone P. Aye,
  • Robert V. Blair,
  • Mauricio A. Martins,
  • Kathrine P. Falkenstein,
  • Amitinder Kaur,
  • Christine L. Curry,
  • Esper G. Kallas,
  • Ronald C. Desrosiers,
  • Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont,
  • Stephen S. Whitehead,
  • Kristian G. Andersen,
  • Myrna C. Bonaldo,
  • Andrew A. Lackner,
  • Antonito T. Panganiban,
  • Dennis R. Burton,
  • David I. Watkins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04056-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnant women has been associated with fetal developmental defects. Here, the authors show that a Brazilian ZIKV isolate causes fetal demise in non-human primates and that antibody treatment at time of peak viremia is insufficient to clear ZIKV replication from amniotic fluid.