Virus fitness differences observed between two naturally occurring isolates of Ebola virus Makona variant using a reverse genetics approach

Virology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-243

  Albariño, César G ^a   Guerrero, Lisa Wiggleton ^a   Chakrabarti, Ayan K ^a   Kainulainen, Markus H ^a   Whitmer, Shannon L M ^a   Welch, Stephen R ^a   Nichol, Stuart T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Makona variant; Recombinant virus; Reverse genetics; West Africa outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VP30 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE GENETICS; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; GENE ORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VIROLOGY;

EBOLAVIRUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE GENETICS;

EID: 84976402760     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.06.011     Document Type: Article

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