Role of African swine fever virus (ASFV) proteins EP153R and EP402R in reducing viral persistence and virulence from attenuated BeninΔDP148R
V. Petrovan, A. Rathakrishnan, M. Islam, L. Goatley, K. Moffat, P. Sanchez-Cordon, A. Reis, L. Dixon
This study investigates the role of ASFV proteins EP153R and EP402R in viral persistence and virulence by deleting them from an attenuated virus, showing that EP402R deletion reduces persistence while EP153R deletion alone has limited effect.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2021Microbiology