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In vitro and in vivo fitness of respiratory syncytial virus monoclonal antibody escape mutants.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2006
Zhao Xiaodong, Liu Enmei, Chen Fu-Ping, Sullender Wayne M
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the only infectious disease for which a monoclonal antibody (MAb) is used in humans. Palivizumab (PZ) is a humanized murine MAb to the F protein of RSV. PZ-resistant viruses appear after in vitro and in vivo growth of RSV in the presence of PZ. Fitness for replication could be a determinant of the likelihood of dissemination of resistant viruses. We assessed the fitness of two...
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