Viral replication and lung lesions in BALB/c mice experimentally inoculated with avian metapneumovirus subgroup C isolated from chickens.

Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) emerged as an important respiratory pathogen causing acute respiratory tract infection in avian species. Here we used a chicken aMPV subgroup C (aMPV/C) isolate to inoculate experimentally BALB/c mice and found that the aMPV/C can efficiently replicate and persist in the...

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Main Authors: Li Wei, Shanshan Zhu, Ruiping She, Fengjiao Hu, Jing Wang, Xu Yan, Chunyan Zhang, Shuhang Liu, Rong Quan, Zixuan Li, Fang Du, Ting Wei, Jue Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3956885?pdf=render