Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only ...

The dengue virus has a roughly spherical shape. Inside the virus is the nucleocapsid, which is made of the viral genome and C proteins. The nucleocapsid is surrounded by a membrane called the ...

The structure of mature dengue virus particles was determined to a ... as well as part of the N-terminal section of the M proteins, are buried in the outer leaflet of the viral membrane.

The crystal structure ... of the Zika and dengue virus immunocomplexes provides a lead for rational, epitope-focused design of a universal vaccine capable of eliciting potent cross-neutralizing ...

The team also identified regions within the Zika virus structure where it differs from other flaviviruses, the family of viruses to which Zika belongs that includes dengue, West Nile ... chief of the ...

At least five recent papers have shown an unexpected antigenic relationship between Zika and dengue viruses ... mediated by low titers of cross-reactive antibodies from the primary infection ...