Pathways
ZIKA Virus Replication
Description:
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family, which includes dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis viruses, that causes a mosquito-borne disease transmitted by the Aedes genus. Zika virus has emerged as a severe health threat by virtue of its fast paced global spread and its associated morbidities, including microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome (Ref.1). ZIKV contains a positive, single-stranded genomic RNA encoding a polyprotein that is processed into three structural proteins, i.e., the ...
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The IFITMs Inhibit Zika Virus Replication.
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Biology of Zika Virus Infection in Human Skin Cells.
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Degrees of maturity: the complex structure and biology of flaviviruses.
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Zika Virus: the Latest Newcomer.
Front Microbiol. 2016 Apr 19;7:496. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00496. eCollection 2016. Review.
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