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. 2018 Oct 30;10(11):593. doi: 10.3390/v10110593

Table 3.

Mouse models of ZIKV infection.

Model Strain Deficiency ZIKV Inoculation Pathogenesis Reference
Immunocompetent Balb/c ZIKV2015 (Brazil, 2015) ZIKV replication [179]
PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015) Viremia
Lethality: No
SJL Immunological defects ZIKV2015 (Brazil, 2015) ZIKV replication [179]
Viremia
Lethality: No
ZIKVBR (Brazil, 2015) Whole-body growth delay or intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) in pups [144]
Neonatal C57BL/6 PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015) Neurological symptoms [180]
C57BL/6 MR766 (Uganda, 1947) Neurological symptoms [183]
Kunming PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015) Lethality: Yes (age and dose-dependent)
ICR SZ-WIV01 (China, 2016)
Balb/c Z16006 (China, 2016) Neurological symptoms [181]
C57BL/6 Lethality: Yes/No (mouse strain-specific differences)
Kunming
Balb/c MRS_OPY_Martinique_PaRi_2015 Neurological symptoms [182]
(Martinique, 2015) Lethality: Yes (viral strain-specific differences)
GZ01 (Venezuela, 2016)
SZ01 (Samoa, 2016)
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010)
C57Bl/6 Dakar 41519 (Senegal, 1984) Lethality: Yes (partly) [176]
Partially immunocompetent hSTAT2 KI Mice hSTAT2 under control mStat2 promotor Mouse adapted ZIKV-Dak-41525 (=ZIKV-Dak-MA) (Senegal, 1984) Placental transmission [196]
(C57BL/6) Lethality: Yes (partially)
Genetically Immunocompromised A192 (129sV) Ifnar1−/− MP1751 (Uganda, 1962) Sever disease [187]
Lethality: Yes
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) Signs of illness [175]
Severe disease (age dependent)
Lethality: Yes (age dependent)
IFNAR−/− Ifnar−/− MR 766 (Uganda, 1947) Severe disease [176]
(C57BL/6) Dakar 41519, 41667, 4167 (Senegal, 1984) Neurological symptoms
H/PF/2013 (FP, 2013) Lethality: Yes (age dependent)
PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015) Severe disease [180]
Lethality: Yes
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) Severe disease [188]
Lethality: Yes
MR 766 (Uganda, 1947 Severe disease [70]
DAKAR 41519 (Senegal, 1984) Neurological symptoms
P6-740 (Malaysia, 1966) Lethality: Yes
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) (virus strain-specific differences in morbidity and lethality)
PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015)
Irf3−/−, Irf5−/−, Irf7−/− TKO Irf3−/−, Irf5−/−, Irf7−/− MR 766 (Uganda, 1947), Severe Disease [176]
(C57BL/6) H/PF/2013 (French Polynesia, 2013) Neurological symptoms
Lethality: Yes
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) Signs of disease [189]
Neurological symptoms
Irf3−/−, Irf7−/− DKO Irf3−/−, Irf7−/− MR766 (Uganda, 1947) Viremia [190]
(C57BL/6) Lethality: Infrequent
AG129 (129/Sv) Ifnar−/−, Ifngr1−/− FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) Severe disease [175]
Neurological symptoms
Lethality: Yes
H/PF/2013 (French Polynesia, 2013) Severe disease [191]
Lethality: Yes
Stat2−/− (C57BL/6) Stat2−/− MR 766 (Uganda, 1947) Severe disease [70]
DAKAR 41519 (Senegal, 1984) Neurological symptoms
P6-740 (Malaysia, 1966) Lethality: Yes
FSS13025 (Cambodia, 2010) (virus strain-specific differences in morbidity and lethality)
PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015)
Stat1−/− Stat1−/− MR 766 (Uganda, 1947) Viremia [193]
Disease development
Lethality: Yes
Chemically immunocompromised C57Bl/6 IFNAR1-blocking monoclonal antibody (MAb-5A3 H/PF/2013 (French Polynesia, 2013) Viremia/ Increased replication [176]
Lethality: No
DAK AR D 41525 (Senegal, 1984) Viremia [195]
Severe disease
Lethality: Yes (differences depending on inoculation route)
Mouse adapted ZIKV-Dak-41525 (=ZIKV-Dak-MA) (Senegal, 1984) Viremia [194]
Severe Disease
Lethality: Yes
ZIKV-DAK-41525 (Senegal, 1984) Lethality: Yes [196]
ZIKV-DAK-MA (mouse adapted)
C57BL/6 H/PF/2013 (French Polynesia, 2013) Viremia in testis and epididymis [208]
Mouse adapted ZIKV-Dak-41525 (=ZIKV-Dak-MA) (Senegal, 1984)
Balb/c Dexamethasone PRVABC59 (Puerto Rico, 2015) Viral dissemination [197]
Severe disease (after withdrawal)
Lethality: Yes (after withdrawal)