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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Robinson CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5974187 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180529 1
Evidence of male-to-female sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) and viral RNA in semen and sperm months after infection supports a potential role for testicular cells in ZIKV propagation. Here, we demonstrate that germ cells (GCs) are most susceptible to ZIKV. We found that only GCs infected by ZIKV, but not those infected by dengue virus and yellow fever virus, produce high levels of infectious virus. This observation coincides with decreased expression of interferon-stimulated gene Ifi44l ...[more]