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Attenuation of monkeypox virus by deletion of genomic regions.
Virology - 15 Jan 2015
Lopera Juan G, Falendysz Elizabeth A, Rocke Tonie E, Osorio Jorge E
Abstract excerpt
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is an emerging pathogen from Africa that causes disease similar to smallpox. Two clades with different geographic distributions and virulence have been described. Here, we utilized bioinformatic tools to identify genomic regions in MPXV containing multiple virulence genes and explored their roles in pathogenicity; two selected regions were then deleted singularly or in combination. In vitro...
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