Zika virus causes testicular atrophy
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Zika virus causes testicular atrophy
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that has recently been found to cause fetal infection and neonatal abnormalities, including microcephaly and neurological dysfunction. ZIKV persists in the semen months after the acute viremic phase in humans. To further understand the consequences of ZIKV persistence in males, we infected Ifnar1-/- mice via subcutaneous injection of a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602899