Persistent infection with an influenza C virus variant is dominantly established in the presence of the parental wild-type virus.

doi:10.1016/s0168-1702(98)00014-8

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Persistent infection with an influenza C virus variant is dominantly established in the presence of the parental wild-type virus.

Virus research - 1 Mar 1998

Marschall M, Helten A, Hechtfischer A, Zach A, Meier-Ewert H

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Two influenza C viruses were used for double-infection experiments to investigate the dominance of their phenotypes. The wild-type virus (C/AA-wt) had been characterized by its short-lived productive cycle, whereas a distinct variant derived from it (C/AA-pi) was demonstrated to persist in long-t...

Topics

Animals
Cell Line
Chick Embryo
Dogs
Genetic Variation
Humans
Gammainfluenzavirus
Virus Latency

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