Cell culture-based production and in vivo characterization of purely clonal defective interfering influenza virus particles

Abstract Background Infections with influenza A virus (IAV) cause high morbidity and mortality in humans. Additional to vaccination, antiviral drugs are a treatment option. Besides FDA-approved drugs such as oseltamivir or zanamivir, virus-derived defective interfering (DI) particles (DIPs) are cons...

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Main Authors: Marc D. Hein, Prerna Arora, Pavel Marichal-Gallardo, Michael Winkler, Yvonne Genzel, Stefan Pöhlmann, Klaus Schughart, Sascha Y. Kupke, Udo Reichl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01020-5