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Peptide Synthesis> | … The ZIKV peptides (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ) were reconstituted with DMSO or water at a concentration of 1 mg/ml and used at a final concentration of 10 μg/mL in duplicate The PBMCs were plated at a concentration of 1 × 10 5 cells per well … | Get A Quote |
The high levels of dengue-virus (DENV) seroprevalence in areas where the Zika virus (ZIKV) is circulating and the cross-reactivity between these two viruses have raised concerns on the risk of increased ZIKV disease severity for patients with a history of previous DENV infections. To determine the role of DENV preimmunity in ZIKV infection, we analyzed the T- and B-cell responses against ZIKV in donors with or without previous DENV infection. Using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from donors living in an endemic area in Colombia, we have identified, by interferon (IFN)-γ enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay, most of the immunodominant ZIKV T-cell epitopes in the nonstructural (NS) proteins NS1, ... More