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Ebola virus defective interfering particles and persistent infection.
Virology - 15 Sept 1999
Calain P, Monroe M C, Nichol S T
Abstract excerpt
Ebola virus (Zaire subtype) is associated with high mortality disease outbreaks that commonly involve human to human transmission. Surviving patients can show evidence of prolonged virus persistence. The potential for Ebola virus to generate defective interfering (DI) particles and establish persistent infections in tissue culture was investigated. It was found that serial undiluted virus passages quickly...
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