The role of picornavirus infection in epileptogenesis

Abstract Picornaviridae are a family of small positive-strand RNA viruses, and transmitted via the respiratory or fecal-oral route. The neurotropic picornaviruses can induce acute or late recurrent seizures following central nervous system infection, by infecting the peripheral nerve, crossing the b...

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Main Authors: Runxuan Zhang, Jie Mu, Jing Chi, Weijia Jiang, Xiaosa Chi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Acta Epileptologica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42494-021-00040-6