Tula hantavirus isolate with the full-length ORF for nonstructural protein NSs survives for more consequent passages in interferon-competent cells than the isolate having truncated NSs ORF

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The competitiveness of two Tula hantavirus (TULV) isolates, TULV/Lodz and TULV/Moravia, was evaluated in interferon (IFN) -competent and IFN-deficient cells. The two isolates differ in the length of the open reading frame (ORF) encod...

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Main Authors: Lundkvist Åke, Plyusnina Angelina, Jääskeläinen Kirsi M, Vaheri Antti, Plyusnin Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/5/1/3