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Journal of Virology, September 2003, p. 10139-10146, Vol. 77, No. 18
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.18.10139-10146.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Jose Rivera,2,
Margarida Saraiva,2,
R. Duncan Campbell,1 and Antonio Alcami2*
MRC UK HGMP Resource Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SB,1 Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Division of Virology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom2
Received 19 August 2002/ Accepted 26 March 2003
The genetic variability of nine genes in 12 isolates and strains of ectromelia virus, which causes a smallpox-like disease (mousepox) in mice, was determined and allows for classification of ectromelia viruses. The low genetic variability suggests that evolutionary pressure maintains the activity of immunomodulatory genes in natural poxvirus infections.
Present address: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Present address: National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom.
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