Measles virus induces persistent infection by autoregulation of viral replication

Natural infection with measles virus (MV) establishes lifelong immunity. Persistent infection with MV is likely involved in this phenomenon, as non-replicating protein antigens never induce such long-term immunity. Although MV establishes stable persistent infection in vitro and possibly in vivo, th...

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Main Authors: Doi, Tomomitsu, Kwon, Hyun-Jeong, Honda, Tomoyuki, Sato, Hiroki, Yoneda, Misako, Kai, Chieko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121633/