Here, the authors characterized RhCMV vFcγRs and report that their deletion did not affect virus replication, tropism or superinfection in rhesus macaques but increased susceptibility of the ...

A virus that replicates with a high mutation rate ... of altered target cell tropism, altered interaction of a viral protein with host factors or altered expression of a key virulence factor.

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