Zika Virus Hijacks Extracellular Vesicle Tetraspanin Pathways for Cell-to-Cell Transmission

Sara B. York; Li Sun; Allaura S. Cone; Leanne C. Duke; Mujeeb R. Cheerathodi; David G. Meckes

doi:10.1128/mSphere.00192-21

mSphere (Jun 2021)

Zika Virus Hijacks Extracellular Vesicle Tetraspanin Pathways for Cell-to-Cell Transmission

Sara B. York,
Li Sun,
Allaura S. Cone,
Leanne C. Duke,
Mujeeb R. Cheerathodi,
David G. Meckes

Affiliations

Sara B. York: Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Li Sun: Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Allaura S. Cone: Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Leanne C. Duke: Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Mujeeb R. Cheerathodi: Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
David G. Meckes: ORCiD; Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00192-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Zika virus is a reemerging infectious disease that spread rapidly across the Caribbean and South America. Infection of pregnant women during the first trimester has been linked to microcephaly, a neurological condition where babies are born with smaller heads due to abnormal brain development.

Published in mSphere

ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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