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Resistance to alpha/beta interferon is a determinant of West Nile virus replication fitness and virulence.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2006
Keller Brian C, Fredericksen Brenda L, Samuel Melanie A, Mock Richard E, Mason Peter W, Diamond Michael S, Gale Michael
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The emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Western Hemisphere is marked by the spread of pathogenic lineage I strains, which differ from typically avirulent lineage II strains. To begin to understand the virus-host interactions that may influence the phenotypic properties of divergent lineage...
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