Article
Adaptability costs in immune escape variants of vesicular stomatitis virus.
Virus research - 1 Jan 2005
Novella Isabel S, Gilbertson Dorothy L, Borrego Belen, Domingo Esteban, Holland John J
Abstract excerpt
We have used vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) to determine the cost of antiserum resistance during escape from a polyclonal immune response. Replication of VSV in the presence of polyclonal antiserum resulted in the selection of antibody-escape mutants, as shown by increased fitness in the presence of antiserum and by increased resistance to neutralization. However, resistance came at a cost of overall fitness...
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