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Fetal Brain Infection Is Not a Unique Characteristic of Brazilian Zika Viruses.

ABSTRACT: The recent emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Brazil was associated with an increased number of fetal brain infections that resulted in a spectrum of congenital neurological complications known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Herein, we generated de novo from sequence data an early Asian lineage ZIKV isolate (ZIKV-MY; Malaysia, 1966) not associated with microcephaly and compared the in vitro replication kinetics and fetal brain infection in interferon ?/? receptor 1 knockout (IFNAR1-/-) dams of this isolate and of a Brazilian isolate (ZIKV-Natal; Natal, 2015) unequivocally associated with microcephaly. The replication efficiencies of ZIKV-MY and ZIKV-Natal in A549 and Vero cells were similar, while ZIKV-MY replicated more efficiently in wild-type (WT) and IFNAR-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Viremias in IFNAR1-/- dams were similar after infection with ZIKV-MY or ZIKV-Natal, and importantly, infection of fetal brains was also not significantly different. Thus, fetal brain infection does not appear to be a unique feature of Brazilian ZIKV isolates.

SUBMITTER: Setoh YX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6213914 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fetal Brain Infection Is Not a Unique Characteristic of Brazilian Zika Viruses.

Setoh Yin Xiang YX Peng Nias Y NY Nakayama Eri E Amarilla Alberto A AA Prow Natalie A NA Suhrbier Andreas A Khromykh Alexander A AA

Viruses 20181003 10

The recent emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Brazil was associated with an increased number of fetal brain infections that resulted in a spectrum of congenital neurological complications known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Herein, we generated <i>de novo</i> from sequence data an early Asian lineage ZIKV isolate (ZIKV-MY; Malaysia, 1966) not associated with microcephaly and compared the <i>in vitro</i> replication kinetics and fetal brain infection in interferon α/β receptor 1 knockout (IFN ...[more]

PMID: 30282919

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