Newswise — San Antonio, TX (December 11, 2017) – An alternative animal model that mimics key features of the Zika virus infection, including its lingering presence in bodily fluids, has been developed at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio. Acute infections in male marmosets, a…
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- New Animal Model for Zika Developed at Texas Biomed Useful for Testing Vaccines and Treatments
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Lida Lee Denney Erben passed away at her home on December 9, 2017 at the age of 88. She was born on January 14, 1929 in Shreveport, LA to Lida Wilhelmina “Wilma” Biedenharn and Earl Andrews Denney. At the age of 2 her family moved to Wichita Falls, TX when her parents took over the ...
- New Animal Model for Zika Developed at Texas Biomed Useful for Testing Vaccines and Treatments
An alternative animal model that mimics key features of the Zika virus infection, including its lingering presence in bodily fluids, has been developed at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio. Acute infections in male marmosets, a New World monkey, resemble the human illness the…
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