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Amino Acid Substitutions in NS5 Contribute Differentially to Tembusu Virus Attenuation in Ducklings and Cell Cultures.
Viruses - 16 May 2021
Sun Xue, Sun Mengxu, Zhang Lijiao, Yu Ziding, Li Jinxin, Xie Wanying, Su Jingliang
Abstract excerpt
Tembusu virus (TMUV), a highly infectious pathogenic flavivirus, causes severe egg-drop and encephalitis in domestic waterfowl, while the determinants responsible for viral pathogenicity are largely unknown. In our previous studies, virulent strain JXSP2-4 had been completely attenuated by successive passages in BHK-21 cells and the avirulent strain was designated as JXSP-310. Based on the backbone of JXSP2-4, a...
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