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Infectivity variation and genetic diversity among strains of Western equine encephalitis virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2006
Nagata Les P, Hu Wei-Gang, Parker Michael, Chau Damon, Rayner George A, Schmaltz Fay L, Wong Jonathan P
Abstract excerpt
Variation in infectivity and genetic diversity in the structural proteins were compared among eight strains of Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) to investigate WEEV virulence at the molecular level. A lethal intranasal infectivity model of WEEV was developed in adult BALB/c mice. All eight strains examined were 100 % lethal to adult mice in this model, but they varied considerably in the time to death....
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