Viruses with masked pathogenicity and genetically susceptible hosts-How to discover potentially pathogenic viruses

J Med Virol. 2019 Aug;91(8):1365-1367. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25472. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Authors

Seiho Nagafuchi¹, Keiichiro Mine^{1

2}, Hirokazu Takahashi¹, Keizo Anzai¹, Yasunobu Yoshikai²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan.
² Division of Host Defense, Research Center for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 30927455
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25472

No abstract available

Keywords: Koch's postulate; enterovirus; host susceptibility; mutation; pathogenicity; vaccine.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Susceptibility*
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Humans
Viruses / isolation & purification*
Viruses / pathogenicity*

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