Sequence analysis of the small RNA segment of guinea pig-passaged Pichinde virus variants

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-225

  Zhang, Lihong ^a   Marriott, Kathleen ^a   Aronson, Judith F ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HYDROPHILICITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHINDE ARENAVIRUS; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARENAVIRUS; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; PICHINDE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032807805     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.220     Document Type: Article

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