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Host genetic variation in susceptibility to Punta Toro virus.
Virus research - 1 Apr 2011
Ashley Shanna L, Ameres Stefanie M, Gerrard Sonja R, Foreman Oded, Eaton Kathryn A, Weinberg Jason B, Spindler Katherine R
Abstract excerpt
Infection of small laboratory animals by Punta Toro virus (PTV), family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus, is a model for the study of the human pathogen Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). We have identified inbred mouse strains with significant differences in host response to the Adames strain of PTV. Nine inbred strains of mice representing major branches in the Mus musculus phylogeny were inoculated subcutaneously...
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