Influenza Virus Protecting RNA: an Effective Prophylactic and Therapeutic Antiviral
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Title : Influenza Virus Protecting RNA : an Effective Prophylactic and Therapeutic
1 Another influenza pandemic is inevitable, and new measures to combat this and seasonal 2 influenza are urgently needed. Here we describe a new concept in antivirals based on a 3 defined, naturally occurring defective influenza RNA that has the potential to protect against 4 any influenza A virus in any animal host. This protecting RNA (244 RNA) is incorporated 5 into virions which although no...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00743-08