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. 2023 May 10;97(5):e01982-22. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01982-22

TABLE 2.

Previously characterized ZIKV amino acid substitutions and their phenotypesa

Protein Position Residue Phenotype(s)
Capsid 106 Ala Enhanced infectivity and fitness in mosquitoes and IFNAR KO mice (32, 35)
prM 123 Val Enhanced infectivity in mosquito cells; increased frequency of fetal demise in IFNAR KO mice (36)
prM 139 Asn Enhanced infectivity in human and murine neural progenitor cells; increased microcephaly severity in BALB/c mice (37)
Envelope 443 Asn Enhanced infectivity and virulence in IFNAR KO mice and mosquitoes; reduced infectivity and entry into mosquito cells; reduced neurovirulence in BALB/c mice (83, 84, 115, 116)
NS1 982 Val Increased NS1 antigenemia and infectivity in mosquitoes; enhanced ability to block IFN induction (31, 85)
a

Columns 1 to 3 indicate the viral protein, position relative to the viral polyprotein, and amino acid residue, respectively. Column 4 describes the phenotype associated with the specific amino acid residue as previously demonstrated.