title: Dengue virus pirates human platelets.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Simon and colleagues provide the first proof that dengue virus (DENV) raids platelets and steals their translational machinery to replicate and produce infectious virus.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH; GEORGE E. WAHLEN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rondina
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH;
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Weyrich
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D003715:Dengue / Q000378:metabolism*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000502:physiology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D053585:Virus Attachment; D014779:Virus Replication