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Molecular characterization of a hamster viscerotropic strain of yellow fever virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2003
McArthur Monica A, Suderman Miguel T, Mutebi John-Paul, Xiao Shu-Yuan, Barrett Alan D T
Abstract excerpt
A hamster viscerotropic strain of yellow fever (YF) virus has been derived after serial passage of strain Asibi through hamsters. The parental Asibi/hamster p0 virus causes a mild and transient viremia in hamsters with no outward, clinical signs of illness. In contrast, the viscerotropic Asibi/hamster p7 virus causes a robust viremia, severe illness, and death in subadult hamsters. The genome of the hamster...
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