Genomic differences between guinea pig lethal and nonlethal marburg virus variants

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Lofts, Loreen L ^a   Ibrahim, M Sofi ^a   Negley, Diane L ^a   Hevey, Michael C ^a,b   Schmaljohn, Alan L ^a  

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

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP40; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARBURG VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, VIRAL; GUINEA PIGS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38449084682     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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