Zika Attacks Nerves, Muscles, Other Tissues
Monkey study may help pinpoint where the virus does damage
By Robert Preidt
Thursday, March 9, 2017
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THURSDAY, March 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have learned where the Zika virus attacks the body in monkeys.
In their study, researchers saw that the virus invades tissues in the nervous system, reproductive and urinary tracts, lymph nodes, muscles and joints.
Zika then persists in these tissues for at least 35 days, the researchers reported.
"This study helps us better understand how the virus manifests itself so that scientists can develop therapies and vaccines that could work in humans," said study author Daniel Streblow, from Oregon Health & Science University's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. He is an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology.
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