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The S Gene Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for the Virulence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Novel Variant Strain BJ2011C
24 Apr 2018
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ABSTRACT The recently emerged highly virulent variants of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) have caused colossal economic losses to the worldwide swine industry. In this study, we investigated the viral virulence determinants by constructing a series of chimeric mutants between the highly virulent strain BJ2011C and the avirulent strain CHM2013. When tested in the 2-day-old piglet model, wild-type (WT)...
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