Article
Characterization of mumps virus strains with varying neurovirulence.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2005
Rafiefard Farideh, Johansson Bo, Tecle Tesfaldet, Orvell Claes
Abstract excerpt
Mumps virus strains isolated during an epidemic in Lithuania in 1998 - 2000 were studied. Viruses of the neurovirulent C1 and non-neurovirulent C2 small hydrophobic (SH) genotype variant were sequenced for the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) protein genes. Amino acid differences between C1 and C2 strains were found for both proteins. Two amino acid differences were of potential importance for the...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
- Genotype
- HN Protein
- Humans
- Lithuania
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mumps
- Mumps virus
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Alignment
