Article
Dynamic viral dissemination in mice infected with yellow fever virus strain 17D.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2013
Erickson Andrea K, Pfeiffer Julie K
Abstract excerpt
Arboviruses such as yellow fever virus (YFV) are transmitted between arthropod vectors and vertebrate hosts. While barriers limiting arbovirus population diversity have been observed in mosquitoes, whether barriers exist in vertebrate hosts is unclear. To investigate whether arboviruses encounter bottlenecks during dissemination in the vertebrate host, we infected immunocompetent mice and immune-deficient mice...
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