Zika virus infects cells lining the blood-retinal barrier and causes chorioretinal atrophy in mouse eyes

JCI Insight

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Singh, Pawan Kumar ^a,b   Guest, John Michael ^a   Kanwar, Mamta ^a   Boss, Joseph ^a   Gao, Nan ^a   Juzych, Mark S ^a   Abrams, Gary W ^a   Yu, Fu Shin ^a,b   Kumar, Ashok ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85120347413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23793708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.92340     Document Type: Article

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