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Sequence similarities between human bornavirus isolates and laboratory strains question human origin (1999)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Schwemmle, M

Jehle, C

Formella, S

Staeheli, P

Quelle

Lancet

Bandzählung: 354

Heftzählung: 9194

Seiten: 1973 – 1974

ISSN: 0140-6736

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

Pubmed: 10622306

Kontakt

Institut für Virologie

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14163 Berlin
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virologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Human bornavirus RW98, whose genome differs by 3-4% from previous isolates, is almost identical to a rat-adapted laboratory strain. Other human bornaviruses are also strongly related to virus strains frequently used for experiments in the various laboratories reporting human bornavirus, questioning a human origin of isolates known to date.