Attenuation of dUTPase-deficient pseudorabies virus for the natural host

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Jöns, Alice ^a   Gerdts, Volker ^a   Lange, Elke ^a   Kaden, Volker ^a   Mettenleiter, Thomas C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aujeszky's disease; dUTPase; Pseudorabies virus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; NONHUMAN; PSEUDORABIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; PSEUDORABIES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SWINE; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0342813161     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01353-3     Document Type: Article

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