Virulence, pathology, and pathogenesis of Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) in BALB/c mice: Development of an animal infection model for PRV.

• Main Authors: Kazutaka Egawa (Author), Masayuki Shimojima (Author), Satoshi Taniguchi (Author), Noriyo Nagata (Author), Hideki Tani (Author), Tomoki Yoshikawa (Author), Takeshi Kurosu (Author), Shumpei Watanabe (Author), Shuetsu Fukushi (Author), Masayuki Saijo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cases of acute respiratory tract infection caused by Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) of the genus Orthoreovirus (family: Reoviridae) have been reported in Southeast Asia, where it was isolated from humans and bats. It is possible that PRV-associated respiratory infections might be prevalent in Southea...