Dengue virus can infect immune cells meant to fight disease

Researchers astatine the University of Vermont's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and Upstate Medical University successful Syracuse, New York, person discovered that dengue microorganism tin infect and replicate wrong representation B cells, immune cells traditionally understood to assistance support the assemblage from infection. The findings, published July 20 successful the Journal of Virology, uncover a antecedently unrecognized mode the microorganism whitethorn evade immune defenses and constituent toward caller strategies for treating a illness that threatens 40% of the world's population, including parts of the confederate United States.