…limit viral replication. Some CCP containing proteins are virus receptors (complement receptor 2 binds Epstein-Barr virus, and membrane cofactor protein is a receptor tor measles virus). Because the Hig antiviral…
…the surface of the virus particle, as illustrated for influenza virus. But many more envelope glycoproteins are involved in attachment and entry of larger viruses, and at least for vaccinia…
…viruses – which could arise in nature – might confer transmissibility to H5N1 virus. To answer this question they produced 127 different reassortants of the two viruses, and tested their…
…c4G7) were produced by immunizing mice with a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus in which the glycoprotein was replaced with that from Ebola virus. Antibodies that bound the viral glycoprotein and…
…ferrets, and the virus does not kill ferrets when it is transmitted through the air. Also problematic is Fouchier quoted as saying that ‘The virus is transmitted as efficiently as…
…of these situations? I am not concerned about the current A/H1N1 strain recombining with avian H5N1 viruses. The reason is that the incidence of H5N1 viruses in Asian pigs is…
