Sentences with phrase «with other flaviviruses»

Studies suggest that Zika - induced antibody responses may also cross-react with other flaviviruses, particularly dengue virus.

Not exact matches

In general, examining the potential effects of other flaviviruses on pregnant women and their developing fetuses is difficult, because outbreaks have been sporadic and less widespread than with Zika.

The new 3 - D structure, which was obtained using X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy, revealed that the outer surface of the Zika NS1 protein has substantially different electrical - charge properties than those of other flaviviruses — indicating it may interact differently with the members of an infected person's immune system.

«Researchers are still working to understand precisely how Zika and other flaviviruses interact with an infected person's immune system,» she said.

When the assay was run on patients infected with Zika virus and also on a control group of 540 patients infected by other flaviviruses or other viruses, plus healthy donors, the specificity was 95.9 percent.

The assay was implemented in five countries and tested using a large number of clinical samples from travelers and patients living in areas with a high level of exposure to Zika virus and other flaviviruses.

The catch is that, although the antigens bind with the antibodies according to the lock and key principle, they almost always do so at the same site as all other flaviviruses.

A near - atomic level map of Zika virus shows its structure to be largely similar to that of dengue virus and other flaviviruses, but with a notable difference in one key surface protein, report scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Given the concerns for immune enhancement with other similar flaviviruses, like yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis, ZPIV will be tested in some volunteers who will first be vaccinated against one of these other flaviviruses.

Shannon entropy analysis of the NS5 polymerase mature protein revealed that a G374E mutation, in a region that contributes to interferon resistance in other flaviviruses by interfering with JAK - STAT signaling was present in both the Asian and American sequences from the 2007 - 2008 Venezuelan outbreak, but was absent in the sequences from the 2001 Venezuelan outbreak.