The naturally attenuated Kunjin strain of West Nile virus shows enhanced sensitivity to the host type I interferon response

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5664-5668

  Daffis, Stephane ^a   Lazear, Helen M ^a   Liu, Wen Jun ^b,c   Audsley, Michelle ^b,d   Engle, Michael ^a   Khromykh, Alexander A ^b   Diamond, Michael S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; BETA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KUNJIN VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; MICE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

MUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79956113412     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00232-11     Document Type: Article

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