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Four-segmented Rift Valley fever virus induces sterile immunity in sheep after a single vaccination.
Vaccine - 17 Mar 2015
Wichgers Schreur Paul J, Kant Jet, van Keulen Lucien, Moormann Rob J M, Kortekaas Jeroen
Abstract excerpt
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a mosquito-borne virus in the Bunyaviridae family, causes recurrent outbreaks with severe disease in ruminants and occasionally humans. The virus comprises a segmented genome consisting of a small (S), medium (M) and large (L) RNA segment of negative polarity. The M-segment encodes a glycoprotein precursor (GPC) protein that is co-translationally cleaved into Gn and Gc, which are...
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