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Topical Treatment for Mosquito Bites Provides Pan-Viral Protection (4 of 5)

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Topical Treatment for Mosquito Bites Provides Pan-Viral Protection (4 of 5)

image: Image of mice brains infected with a mosquito-borne virus (Semliki Forest virus). Without treatment (left) and with skin cream treatment (right). Pink color shows the extent of infection with the virus. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.R. Bryden at University of Leeds in Leeds, UK; and colleagues was titled, "Pan-viral protection against arboviruses by activating skin macrophages at the inoculation site." view more 

Credit: [Credit: Steven Bryden and Clive McKimmie]


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