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Cross-reactive Dengue virus-specific CD8+ T cells protect against Zika virus during pregnancy.
Nature communications - 2 Aug 2018
Regla-Nava Jose Angel, Elong Ngono Annie, Viramontes Karla M, Huynh Anh-Thy, Wang Ying-Ting, Nguyen Anh-Viet T, Salgado Rebecca, Mamidi Anila, Kim Kenneth, Diamond Michael S, Shresta Sujan
Abstract excerpt
As Zika virus (ZIKV) emerges into Dengue virus (DENV)-endemic areas, cases of ZIKV infection in DENV-immune pregnant women may rise. Here we show that prior DENV immunity affects maternal and fetal ZIKV infection in pregnancy using sequential DENV and ZIKV infection models. Fetuses in ZIKV-infected DENV-immune dams were normal sized, whereas fetal demise occurred in non-immune dams. Moreover, reduced ZIKV RNA is...
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