Rapid accumulation of virulent rift valley Fever virus in mice from an attenuated virus carrying a single nucleotide substitution in the m RNA.

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a member of the genus Phlebovirus within the family Bunyaviridae, is a negative-stranded RNA virus with a tripartite genome. RVFV is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes fever and severe hemorrhagic illness among humans, while in livestock it causes fever and high abo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John C Morrill, Tetsuro Ikegami, Naoko Yoshikawa-Iwata, Nandadeva Lokugamage, Sungyong Won, Kaori Terasaki, Aya Zamoto-Niikura, C J Peters, Shinji Makino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2848673?pdf=render