Molecular characterization of attenuated Junin virus strains

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1605-1610

  Albarino C G ^a,b   Ghiringhelli, P D ^a,b   Posik, D M ^a,b   Lozano, M E ^a,b   Ambrosio, A M ^c   Sanchez, A ^d   Romanowski, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; JUNIN VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ATTENUATION;

ARENAVIRUS; ARGENTINA (FISH); CANDIDAE; JUNIN VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0030743737     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-7-1605     Document Type: Article

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