Rescue of vesicular stomatitis virus from homologous and heterologous interferon-induced resistance in human cell cultures by poxviruses.

In human cell cultures the ability of poxviruses to rescue vesicular stomatitis virus from human interferon-induced resistance was significantly more efficient than the ability to rescue it from simian interferon-induced resistance. The sensitivity of the poxvirus to interferon was not related to its ability to rescue vesicular stomatitis virus.