The VP1u Receptor Restricts Parvovirus B19 Uptake to Permissive Erythroid Cells
Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is a small non-enveloped virus and known as the causative agent for the mild childhood disease erythema infectiosum. B19V has an extraordinary narrow tissue tropism, showing only productive infection in erythroid precursor cells in the bone marrow. We recently found that the vi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/10/265 |