| Literature DB >> 17296158 |
Marianne M Stanford1, Steven J Werden, Grant McFadden.
Abstract
Myxoma virus (MV) is a poxvirus that evolved in Sylvilagus lagomorphs, and is the causative agent of myxomatosis in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). This virus is not a natural pathogen of O. cuniculus, yet is able to subvert the host rabbit immune system defenses and cause a highly lethal systemic infection. The interaction of MV proteins and the rabbit immune system has been an ideal model to help elucidate host/poxvirus interactions, and has led to a greater understanding of how other poxvirus pathogens are able to cause disease in their respective hosts. This review will examine how MV causes myxomatosis, by examining a selection of the identified immunomodulatory proteins that this virus expresses to subvert the immune and inflammatory pathways of infected rabbit hosts.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17296158 DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2006054
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Res ISSN: 0928-4249 Impact factor: 3.683