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Understanding superinfection exclusion by complex populations of Citrus tristeza virus.
Virology - 1 Dec 2016
Bergua María, Kang Sung-Hwan, Folimonova Svetlana Y
Abstract excerpt
Superinfection exclusion (SIE) is a phenomenon in which a primary viral infection restricts a secondary infection with the same or closely related virus. Previously we showed that SIE by Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) occurs only between isolates of the same virus genotype. This work, however, was done using single genotype-containing isolates, while most field citrus trees harbor complex populations composed of...
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