Date of Award

1-1-2021

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

College/School/Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (vii, 59 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Cara T Pager

Committee Members

Gabriele Fuchs, Melinda Larsen

Keywords

Zika virus, Zika virus infection, Gene expression, Genetic translation

Subject Categories

Biology | Virology

Abstract

Following its discovery in 1947, Zika virus garnered little attention in the global stage until 2015, when a rapidly spreading epidemic brought the virus, and its devastating clinical manifestations to light. Zika virus pathologies include Congenital Zika Syndrome, a known causative of microcephaly, as well as spontaneous miscarriages and the development of Guillain Barré syndrome. Despite recent advances in research, the molecular biology of Zika virus is largely unknown.

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