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Tulane Virus Recognizes the A Type 3 and B Histo-Blood Group Antigens
13 Nov 2014
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Tulane virus (TV), the prototype of the Recovirus genus in the calicivirus family, was isolated from the stools of rhesus monkeys and can be cultivated in vitro in monkey kidney cells. TV is genetically closely related to the genus Norovirus and recognizes the histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs), similarly to human noroviruses (NoVs), making it a valuable surrogate for human NoVs. However, the precise...
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