Surviving mousepox infection requires the complement system.
Poxviruses subvert the host immune response by producing immunomodulatory proteins, including a complement regulatory protein. Ectromelia virus provides a mouse model for smallpox where the virus and the host's immune response have co-evolved. Using this model, our study investigated the role o...
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| Main Authors: | Elizabeth A Moulton, John P Atkinson, R Mark L Buller |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1000249&type=printable |
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