Selection and characterization of brivudin resistant bovine herpesvirus type 5

Bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BoHV-5) is the agent of meningoencephalitis, an important disease of cattle in South America. The neuropathogenesis of BoHV-5 infection is poorly understood and most previous research focused on the role of envelope glicoproteins in neurovirulence. Thymidine kinase (TK) is...

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Main Authors: Mário Celso Sperotto Brum, Cyndia Mara Bezerra dos Santos, Rudi Weiblen, Eduardo Furtado Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2010-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000100019