Virulence and pathogenesis of the MSW and MSD strains of Californian myxoma virus in European rabbits with genetic resistance to myxomatosis compared to rabbits with no genetic resistance

Virology

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-83

  Silvers, L ^a,c   Inglis, B ^a,c   Labudovic, A ^a,c   Janssens, P A ^a,c   van Leeuwen, B H ^a,c   Kerr, P J ^a,b,c  

^a Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myxoma virus; Myxomatosis; Pathogenesis; Resistance; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MYXOMA VIRUS; PLAQUE ASSAY; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RABBITS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33646029389     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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