Hepatitis A Virus Discovered to Cloak Itself in Membranes Hijacked from Infected Cells (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Hepatitis A Virus Discovered to Cloak Itself in Membranes Hijacked from Infected Cells

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A pathogenic picornavirus acquires an envelope by hijacking cellular membranes.

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<i>Nature</i> (2013), Published online March 31, 2013.

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