In contrast, JEG3 choriocarcinoma cells were more responsive to infection with increases, albeit moderate, in mRNA expression for IFIT1 and IFN-β at 24 and 48 h.p.i, however viperin expression was attenuated at both time points post ZIKV infection (Fig. 1E). This evidence concerns the gene IFIT1 and Zika virus infectious disease.