Article
Neuroattenuated bunyavirus variant: derivation, characterization, and revertant clones.
Journal of virology - 1 May 1990
Endres M J, Valsamakis A, Gonzalez-Scarano F, Nathanson N
Abstract excerpt
A neuroattenuated variant bunyavirus, designated RFC/25B.5 (B.5), was selected by serial passage of a reassortant clone (RFC virus) of a California serogroup virus in BHK-21 cells, followed by plaque purification of that passaged stock. Based on its virulence index (ratio of PFU/50% lethal dose), clone B5 was over 40,000-fold less virulent than its unpassaged RFC parent after intracerebral (i.c.) inoculation into...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Brain
- Bunyaviridae
- Cell Line
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genetic Variation
- Kinetics
- Mice
- Virulence
- Virus Replication
