Virulence in murine model shows the existence of two distinct populations of Brazilian Vaccinia virus strains.

Brazilian Vaccinia virus had been isolated from sentinel mice, rodents and recently from humans, cows and calves during outbreaks on dairy farms in several rural areas in Brazil, leading to high economic and social impact. Some phylogenetic studies have demonstrated the existence of two different po...

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Main Authors: Jaqueline Maria Siqueira Ferreira, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho Guedes, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Camila Megale Almeida-Leite, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes, Bruno Eduardo Fernandes Mota, Jônatas Santos Abrahão, Pedro Augusto Alves, Fernando Meireles Oliveira, Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira, Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim, Zélia Inês Portela Lobato, Erna Geessien Kroon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2518622?pdf=render