Neural stem cells in adult mice also vulnerable to Zika

(Cell Press) Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the Rockefeller University and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology report Aug. 18 in Cell Stem Cell. It has yet to be studied whether the death of these cells has any short or long-term effects in the rodents.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news