New Animal Model Developed to Aid Zika Studies

When battling emerging infectious diseases, finding a model that accurately recapitulates the pathogenesis of the infection is critical to developing effective therapeutic interventions. Yet, as most scientists can attest, the things that are the most critical are also most often the most difficult to obtain. Thankfully, investigators at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have recently developed an alternative animal model that mimics key features of the Zika virus infection,