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C G Albariño1, P D Ghiringhelli, D M Posik

  • 1Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

Summary

Researchers sequenced the S RNA of the Candid #1 vaccine strain for Argentine haemorrhagic fever and its ancestors. Unique genetic changes in the vaccine strain may explain its reduced virulence.

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