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The virus:
A lentivirus. Unrelated to HIV. The virus can be isolated in T cell lines which become IF-positive, then die. Isolates vary not only in virulence but also antigenically. Tenfold difference in VN titre and no vaccinal protection between USA prototype (Petulama) and a British isolate (Hayling Island). |