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Sequence analysis of the small RNA segment of guinea pig-passaged Pichinde virus variants.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 1999
Zhang L, Marriott K, Aronson J F
Abstract excerpt
The established animal model for Lassa fever is based on the new world arenavirus Pichinde (PIC). Natural isolates of PIC virus are attenuated in guinea pigs, but serial guinea pig passage renders them extremely virulent in that host. We have compared the nucleotide sequences of the small RNA segments of two attenuated, low-passage variants of the PIC virus Munchique strain (CoAn 4763) and two virulent,...
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