Auto-Abs Neutralizing Type I IFNs in Patients with Severe Powassan, Usutu, or Ross River Virus Disease

Scientists showed that autoantibodies (auto-Abs) can also underlie severe forms of rare arboviral infections. Auto-Abs neutralizing type I interferons underlie an increasing list of severe arboviral diseases due to Flaviviridae or Togaviridae viruses transmitted to humans by mosquitos or ticks.