Article
Network of Interactions between ZIKA Virus Non-structural Proteins and Human Host Proteins
2019-09-07
Abstract excerpt
The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus and can be transmitted through an infected mosquito bite or through human-to-human interaction by sexual activity, blood transfusion, breastfeeding or perinatal exposure. After the 2015-2016 outbreak in Brazil, a strong link between ZIKV infection and microcephaly emerged. ZIKV specifically targets human neural progenitor cells, suggesting that proteins encoded...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9e8ecf2e-47e7-5454-9c03-d8e87e18241e
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints201909.0078.v1
