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Bioluminescent imaging of vaccinia virus infection in immunocompetent and immunodeficient rats as a model for human smallpox.
Scientific reports - 3 Aug 2015
Liu Qiang, Fan Changfa, Zhou Shuya, Guo Yanan, Zuo Qin, Ma Jian, Liu Susu, Wu Xi, Peng Zexu, Fan Tao, Guo Chaoshe, Shen Yuelei, Huang Weijin, Li Baowen, He Zhengming, Wang Youchun
Abstract excerpt
Due to the increasing concern of using smallpox virus as biological weapons for terrorist attack, there is renewed interest in studying the pathogenesis of human smallpox and development of new therapies. Animal models are highly demanded for efficacy and safety examination of new vaccines and therapeutic drugs. Here, we demonstrated that both wild type and immunodeficient rats infected with an engineered...
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