What to Expect When You're Expecting Zika

Helen M Lazear

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.02.015

What to Expect When You're Expecting Zika

Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Mar 8;21(3):305-308. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.02.015.

Author

Helen M Lazear¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: helen.lazear@med.unc.edu.

Abstract

The 2015 emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas brought new attention to this previously obscure virus. Experimental model systems have been instrumental in rapidly advancing our understanding of ZIKV pathogenesis. Here, Lazear looks back on the events leading to the development of the ZIKV mouse model reported in Cell Host & Microbe.

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Models, Animal*
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Mice
Zika Virus / pathogenicity*