Immune avoidance mechanism could lead to treatments for deadly mosquito-borne viruses
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
A mosquito-borne virus that kills about half of the people it infects uses a never-before-documented mechanism to "hijack" one of the cellular regulatory systems of its hosts to suppress immunity, according scientists. The discovery could aid in the development of vaccines and treatments for eastern equine encephalitis virus.