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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | Acta Epileptologica |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42494-021-00040-6 |