Comparison of West African and Congo Basin monkeypox viruses in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice.

Although monkeypox virus (MPXV) studies in wild rodents and non-human primates have generated important knowledge regarding MPXV pathogenesis and inferences about disease transmission, it might be easier to dissect the importance of virulence factors and correlates of protection to MPXV in an inbred...

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Main Authors: Christina L Hutson, Jason A Abel, Darin S Carroll, Victoria A Olson, Zachary H Braden, Christine M Hughes, Michael Dillon, Consuelo Hopkins, Kevin L Karem, Inger K Damon, Jorge E Osorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2811726?pdf=render