Illumination of murine gammaherpesvirus-68 cycle reveals a sexual transmission route from females to males in laboratory mice.

Transmission is a matter of life or death for pathogen lineages and can therefore be considered as the main motor of their evolution. Gammaherpesviruses are archetypal pathogenic persistent viruses which have evolved to be transmitted in presence of specific immune response. Identifying their mode o...

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Main Authors: Sylvie François, Sarah Vidick, Mickaël Sarlet, Daniel Desmecht, Pierre Drion, Philip G Stevenson, Alain Vanderplasschen, Laurent Gillet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23593002/?tool=EBI