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Envelope glycoprotein mutations mediate equine amplification and virulence of epizootic venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2005
Greene Ivorlyne P, Paessler Slobodan, Austgen Laura, Anishchenko Michael, Brault Aaron C, Bowen Richard A, Weaver Scott C
Abstract excerpt
Epidemics of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) result from high-titer equine viremia of IAB and IC subtype viruses that mediate increased mosquito transmission and spillover to humans. Previous genetic studies suggest that mutations in the E2 envelope glycoprotein allow relatively viremia-incompetent, enzootic subtype ID strains to adapt for equine replication, leading to VEE emergence. To test this hypothesis...
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