Zika virus infects pericytes in the choroid plexus and enters the central nervous system through the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Zika virus (ZIKV) can infect and cause microcephaly and Zika-associated neurological complications in the developing fetal and adult brains. In terms of pathogenesis, a critical question is how ZIKV overcomes the barriers separating the brain from the circulation and gains access to the central nerv...

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Published in:PLoS Pathog
Main Authors: Kim, Jihye, Alejandro, Brian, Hetman, Michal, Hattab, Eyas M., Joiner, Joshua, Schroten, Horst, Ishikawa, Hiroshi, Chung, Dong-Hoon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7194358/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357162
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008204
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