Expression of rabbit IL-4 by recombinant myxoma viruses enhances virulence and overcomes genetic resistance to myxomatosis

Virology

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-128

  Kerr, P J ^a   Perkins, H D ^a,b   Inglis, B ^a,b   Stagg, R ^a,b   McLaughlin, E ^a,c   Collins, S V ^a,b   Van Leeuwen, B H ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Genetic resistance; IL 4; Myxoma virus; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; TH2 CELL; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 2942538024     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.031     Document Type: Article

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