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Ultra-deep pyrosequencing of partial surface protein genes from infectious Salmon Anaemia virus (ISAV) suggest novel mechanisms involved in transition to virulence.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Markussen Turhan, Sindre Hilde, Jonassen Christine Monceyron, Tengs Torstein, Kristoffersen Anja B, Ramsell Jon, Numanovic Sanela, Hjortaas Monika J, Christiansen Debes H, Dale Ole Bendik, Falk Knut
Abstract excerpt
Uncultivable HPR0 strains of infectious salmon anaemia viruses (ISAVs) infecting gills are non-virulent putative precursors of virulent ISAVs (vISAVs) causing systemic disease in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The transition to virulence involves two molecular events, a deletion in the highly polymorphic region (HPR) of the hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) gene and a Q266→L266 substitution or insertion next to...
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