Zika virus diversity in mice is maintained during early vertical transmission from placenta to fetus, but reduced in fetal bodies and brains at late stages of infection

• Alyssa B. Evans ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alyssa.evans4@montana.edu (ABE); petersonka@niaid.nih.gov (KEP)

  Current address: Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology; Montana State University; Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Neuroimmunology Section; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Clayton W. Winkler,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Neuroimmunology Section; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Sarah L. Anzick,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Genomics Research Section, Research Technologies Branch; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Stacy M. Ricklefs,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Genomics Research Section, Research Technologies Branch; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Dan E. Sturdevant,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Genomics Research Section, Research Technologies Branch; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Karin E. Peterson

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alyssa.evans4@montana.edu (ABE); petersonka@niaid.nih.gov (KEP)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity, Neuroimmunology Section; Rocky Mountain Laboratories; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4177-7249

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