Article
Reverse genetics-generated elastase-dependent swine influenza viruses are attenuated in pigs.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Feb 2009
Masic Aleksandar, Babiuk Lorne A, Zhou Yan
Abstract excerpt
Influenza A virus causes significant morbidity in swine, resulting in a substantial economic burden. Swine influenza virus (SIV) infection also poses important human public health concerns. It has been shown that conversion of the haemagglutinin (HA) cleavage site from a trypsin-sensitive motif to an elastase-sensitive motif resulted in attenuated viruses in mouse models. However, application of this attenuation...
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