Recombinant chimeric western and eastern equine encephalitis viruses as potential vaccine candidates

Virology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 299-309

  Schoepp, Randal J ^a   Smith, Jonathan F ^a   Parker, Michael D ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; cDNA infectious clone; Chimera; Eastern equine encephalitis; Vaccine; Western equine encephalitis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE MWE1000; VACCINE MWE2000; VACCINE WE1000; VACCINE WE2000; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0036440648     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1677     Document Type: Article

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