Ebola Virus
Findings from M.S. Lever and Co-Researchers Advance Knowledge in Ebola Virus
Published in Blood Weekly, March 1st, 2012
2012 MAR 1 -- Current study results from the report, "Lethality and pathogenesis of airborne infection with filoviruses in A129 a/ß -/- interferon receptor-deficient mice," have been published. According to the authors of a study from Salisbury, United Kingdom, "Normal immunocompetent mice are not susceptible to non-adapted filoviruses. There are therefore two strategies available to establish a murine model of filovirus infection: adaptation of the virus to the host or the use of genetically modified mice that are susceptible to the virus."
"A number of knockout (KO) strains of mice with defects in either their adaptive or innate immunity are...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-03-01)
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