In vitro and in vivo characterization of a West Nile virus MAD78 infectious clone

Archives of Virology

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3113-3118

  Hussmann, Katherine L ^a   Vandergaast, Rianna ^a   Ochsner, Susan Park ^a,c   Huang, Albert C ^b   Gale, Michael ^b   Fredericksen, Brenda L ^a,d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious clone; Pathogenicity; West Nile virus; WNV; WNV MAD78

Indexed keywords

MUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VERO CELL LINE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84918812339     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: 14328798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2176-2     Document Type: Article

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