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The role of IFN in respiratory syncytial virus pathogenesis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 2002
Durbin Joan E, Johnson Teresa R, Durbin Russell K, Mertz Sara E, Morotti Rafaella A, Peebles R Stokes, Graham Barney S
Abstract excerpt
Formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine preparations have been shown to cause enhanced disease in naive hosts following natural infection. In this study we demonstrate a similar pattern of enhanced disease severity following primary RSV infection of IFN-nonresponsive STAT1(-/-) mice. STAT1(-/-) mice showed markedly increased illness compared with wild-type BALB/c animals following RSV...
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