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Project: Immune responses of swine to highly virulent Chinese porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)

2010-02-14 – 2011-09-30

Abstract

In June 2006, a highly pathogenic PRRSV variant emerged in China. This project aims to determine whether this highly pathogenic PRRSV variant is more immune-evasive compared to a low pathogenic Chinese PRRSV variant. Therefore, natural killer cell and cytotoxic T-cell responses will be investigated in pigs, that are infected with either of these PRRSV variants.