The calcitonin receptor gene is a candidate for regulation of susceptibility to herpes simplex type 1 neuronal infection leading to encephalitis in rat.

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a fatal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) predominantly caused by Herpes simplex virus type 1. Factors regulating the susceptibility to HSE are still largely unknown. To identify host gene(s) regulating HSE susceptibility we performed a genome-wide li...

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Main Authors: Nada Abdelmagid, Biborka Bereczky-Veress, André Ortlieb Guerreiro-Cacais, Petra Bergman, Katarina M Luhr, Tomas Bergström, Birgit Sköldenberg, Fredrik Piehl, Tomas Olsson, Margarita Diez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386237?pdf=render