Enhancement of Zika virus infection by antibodies from West Nile virus seropositive individuals with no history of clinical infection

Enhancement of Zika virus infection by antibodies from West Nile virus seropositive individuals with no history of clinical infection

Abstract Background Recent outbreaks of Zika Virus (ZIKV) infection and associated microcephaly has raised multiple scientific questions. The close antigenic relatedness between flaviviruses makes diagnosis of specific infection difficult. This relatedness also raises the potential of Antibody Depen...

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Main Authors: Himanshu Garg, Rose Yeh, Douglas M. Watts, Tugba Mehmetoglu-Gurbuz, Robert Resendes, Bruce Parsons, Fernando Gonzales, Anjali Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Subjects:
ZIKV
ADE
WNV
DENV, neutralization
Enhancement
Envelope
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12865-020-00389-2

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