Primary infection of BALB/c mice with a dengue virus type 4 strain leads to kidney injury.
Arthur da Costa RasinhasFernanda Cunha JácomeGabriela Cardoso CaldasAna Luisa Teixeira de AlmeidaDaniel Dias Coutinho de SouzaJoão Paulo Rodrigues Dos SantosHelver Gonçalves DiasEduarda Lima AraujoRonaldo Mohana-BorgesOrtrud Monika BarthFlavia Barreto Dos SantosDebora Ferreira Barreto-VieiraPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2023)
Even though the kidney is probably not a primary target of dengue infection in mice, the inoculation of the virus in the blood appears to damage the renal tissue through local inflammation.