Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology

  • Alec J. Hirsch,
  • Victoria H. J. Roberts,
  • Peta L. Grigsby,
  • Nicole Haese,
  • Matthias C. Schabel,
  • Xiaojie Wang,
  • Jamie O. Lo,
  • Zheng Liu,
  • Christopher D. Kroenke,
  • Jessica L. Smith,
  • Meredith Kelleher,
  • Rebecca Broeckel,
  • Craig N. Kreklywich,
  • Christopher J. Parkins,
  • Michael Denton,
  • Patricia Smith,
  • Victor DeFilippis,
  • William Messer,
  • Jay A. Nelson,
  • Jon D. Hennebold,
  • Marjorie Grafe,
  • Lois Colgin,
  • Anne Lewis,
  • Rebecca Ducore,
  • Tonya Swanson,
  • Alfred W. Legasse,
  • Michael K. Axthelm,
  • Rhonda MacAllister,
  • Ashlee V. Moses,
  • Terry K. Morgan,
  • Antonio E. Frias,
  • Daniel N. Streblow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02499-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Zika virus infection during pregnancy can result in birth defects, but underlying pathogenesis at the maternal-fetal interface is unclear. Here, the authors use non-invasive in vivo imaging of Zika-infected rhesus macaques and show that infection results in abnormal oxygen transport across the placenta.