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Replication and pathogenicity of attenuated human metapneumovirus F mutants in severe combined immunodeficiency mice.
Vaccine - 5 Jan 2012
Yu Chun-mei, Li Rong-pei, Chen Xin, Liu Ping, Zhao Xiao-dong
Abstract excerpt
This study was to evaluate the replication and pathogenicity of attenuated human metapneumovirus (HMPV) mutants in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice. SCID mice were intranasally infected with either wild type GFP-rHMPV (WT), or mutant viruses (M1, M2 and M4) with the N-linked glycosylation(s) of the F protein removed. The organs were collected for viral isolation, titration, pulmonary histopathology...
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