Two Point Mutations in Old World Hantavirus Glycoproteins Afford the Generation of Highly Infectious Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vectors

Human hantavirus infections cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Americas and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. No FDA-approved vaccines and therapeutics exist for these deadly viruses, and their development is limited by the requirement for high biocontainment. In this...

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Main Authors: Megan M. Slough, Kartik Chandran, Rohit K. Jangra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-01-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02372-18