The Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) as a Lethal Infection Model for 3 Species of Ebolavirus
Small-animal models have been developed for several Filoviridae species; however, serial adaptation was required to produce lethal infection. These adapted viruses have sequence changes in several genes, including those that modulate the host immune response. Nonhuman primate models do not require a...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957446/ |