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Deficiency in Th2 Cytokine Responses Exacerbate Orthopoxvirus Infection

Ectromelia virus (ECTV) causes mousepox in mice, a disease very similar to smallpox in humans. ECTV and variola virus (VARV), the agent of smallpox, are closely related orthopoxviruses. Mousepox is an excellent small animal model to study the genetic and immunologic basis for resistance and suscepti...

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Autores principales: Sakala, Isaac G., Chaudhri, Geeta, Eldi, Preethi, Buller, R. Mark, Karupiah, Gunasegaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4353717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25751266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118685