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African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human p...

African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human p...

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African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human placental trophoblast

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African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human placental trophoblast

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2018-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e0200086-e0200086

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Zika virus (ZIKV) drew worldwide attention when a recent epidemic was linked to fetal microcephaly. Here we used human embryonic stem cell derived trophoblasts as a model for primitive placental trophoblast to test the hypothesis that there are differences in how the two genetically distinct ZIKV lineages, African (AF) and Asian (AS), target the hu...

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African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human placental trophoblast

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2067603280

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2067603280

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0200086

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