Fetal growth restriction caused by sexual transmission of zika virus in mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1720-1724

  Uraki, Ryuta ^a   Jurado, Kellie Ann ^a   Hwang, Jesse ^a   Szigeti Buck, Klara ^a   Horvath, Tamas L ^a   Iwasaki, Akiko ^a,b   Fikrig, Erol ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fetal growth abnormalities; Sexual transmission; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINITIS; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85029667984     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix204     Document Type: Article

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