Zika virus-like particle vaccine protects AG129 mice and rhesus macaques against Zika virus.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Lo Vang, Christopher S Morello, Jason Mendy, Danielle Thompson, Darly Manayani, Ben Guenther, Justin Julander, Daniel Sanford, Amit Jain, Amish Patel, Paul Shabram, Jonathan Smith, Jeff Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Barré
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009195; https://doaj.org/article/14dc0a3577d94de2ae361affa396a722

Background Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is a re-emerging virus that constitutes a public health threat due to its recent global spread, recurrent outbreaks, and infections that are associated with neurological abnormalities in developing fetuses and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adul...