Article
Mutation in NS5 protein attenuates mouse neurovirulence of yellow fever 17D vaccine virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 1998
Xie H, Ryman K D, Campbell G A, Barrett A D
Abstract excerpt
The 17D-204 vaccine manufactured in South Africa (17D-204-SA) and a large plaque variant (17D-LP) derived from it were highly virulent in adult mice. The LD50 of 17D-LP virus was 0-2 p.f.u. for mice following intracerebral inoculation. In comparison, a medium plaque variant derived from 17D-LP, t...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Brain
- Cell Line
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Macaca mulatta
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Vaccines, Attenuated
- Vero Cells
- Viral Nonstructural Proteins
- Viral Plaque Assay
- Viral Vaccines
