Trade-offs shaping transmission of sylvatic dengue and Zika viruses in monkey hosts

Abstract Mosquito-borne dengue (DENV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses originated in Old World sylvatic (forest) cycles involving monkeys and canopy-living Aedes mosquitoes. Both viruses spilled over into human transmission and were translocated to the Americas, opening a path for spillback into Neotropical...

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Main Authors: Kathryn A. Hanley, Hélène Cecilia, Sasha R. Azar, Brett A. Moehn, Jordan T. Gass, Natalia I. Oliveira da Silva, Wanqin Yu, Ruimei Yun, Benjamin M. Althouse, Nikos Vasilakis, Shannan L. Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46810-x