Detection and clearance of a mosquito densovirus contaminant from laboratory stocks of Zika virus.
Allan Henrique Depieri CataneoDiogo KuczeraAna Luiza Pamplona MosimannEmanuele Guimarães SilvaÁlvaro Gil Araújo FerreiraJoão Trindade MarquesPryscilla Fanini WowkClaudia Nunes Duarte Dos SantosJuliano BordignonPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2019)
Since the putative impact of viral contaminants in ZIKV strains generally used for research purposes is unknown, researchers working in the field must be aware of potential contaminants and test viral stocks to certify sample purity.