Researchers hone in on when, where Zika virus attacks

Zika virus invades tissues in the nervous system, reproductive and urinary tracts, lymph nodes, muscles and joints in a nonhuman primate model

By Ariane Le Chevallier March 09, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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Researchers have published research identifying different systems that the Zika virus attacks. (Left to right, front row) Nicole Haese, Rebecca Broeckel, Alec Hirsch, Daniel Streblow, Rhonda MacAllister. (Left to right, back row) Craig Kreklywich, Jessica Smith, Patricia Smith, Christopher Parkins, Mike Axthelm. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Alec Hirsch, Ph.D.

Alec Hirsch, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, OHSU Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Daniel Streblow, Ph.D.

Daniel Streblow, Ph.D., professor of molecular microbiology and immunology in the OHSU Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Zika research

Alec Hirsch, Ph.D., (left) and Daniel Streblow, Ph.D., have published research revealing that the Zika virus attacks tissues in the nervous system, male and female reproductive and urinary tracts, muscles, joints and lymph nodes. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Zika research

Neuronal infection, day 35. Alec Hirsch, Ph.D. and Daniel Streblow, Ph.D. have published research revealing that the Zika virus attacks tissues in the nervous system, male and female reproductive and urinary tracts, muscles, joints and lymph nodes. (OHSU/Daniel Streblow, Ph.D.)

Zika research