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A measles virus collective infectious unit that caused lethal human brain disease includes many locally restricted and few widespread copy-back defective genomes
21 Oct 2024
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ABSTRACT During virus replication in cultured cells, copy-back defective viral genomes (cbDVGs) can arise. CbDVGs are powerful inducers of innate immune responses in vitro , but their occurrence and impact on natural infections of human hosts remain poorly defined. We asked whether cbDVGs were generated in the brain of a patient who succumbed to subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) about 20 years after...
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