Mutagen-directed attenuation of Rift Valley fever virus as a method for vaccine development.
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Serial mutagenesis with 5-fluorouracil has been employed to derive an attenuated strain of Rift Valley fever virus for use as a live virus vaccine.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of general virology
دوره 66 ( Pt 10) شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985