HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 4 COMPRISES TWO MAJOR PHYLOGROUPS WITH DISTINCT REPLICATIVE FITNESS AND VIRULENCE PHENOTYPES
C. R. Bair, W. Zhang, G. Gonzalez, A. Kamali, D. Stylos, J. C. G. Blanco, A. E. Kajon
This study identifies two major phylogroups of HAdV-E4 with distinct replicative fitness and virulence phenotypes, showing no correlation between in vitro fitness and in vivo virulence.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2020Microbiology