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A chimeric A2 strain of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with the fusion protein of RSV strain line 19 exhibits enhanced viral load, mucus, and airway dysfunction.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2009
Moore Martin L, Chi Michael H, Luongo Cindy, Lukacs Nicholas W, Polosukhin Vasiliy V, Huckabee Matthew M, Newcomb Dawn C, Buchholz Ursula J, Crowe James E, Goleniewska Kasia, Williams John V, Collins Peter L, Peebles R Stokes
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of respiratory failure and viral death in infants. Abundant airway mucus contributes to airway obstruction in RSV disease. Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is a mediator of pulmonary mucus secretion. It has been shown that infection of BALB/c mice with...
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