Properties of host and virus which influence defective interfering virus mediated-protection of mice against Semliki Forest virus lethal encephalitis. Brief report.
Variation of the mouse strain, the amount of defective interfering (DI) virus and the amount of infectious Semliki Forest virus (SFV) are all factors which affect the efficiency with which DI SFV prevents the SFV-mediated lethal encephalitis.
D000818:Animals; D003673:Defective Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007114:Immunization; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012672:Semliki forest virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014036:Togaviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*