Persistence of West Nile virus in the central nervous system and periphery of mice.

Most acute infections with RNA viruses are transient and subsequently cleared from the host. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the RNA virus, West Nile virus (WNV), not only causes acute disease, but can persist long term in humans and animal models. Our goal in this study was to develop a mou...

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Main Authors: Kim K Appler, Ashley N Brown, Barbara S Stewart, Melissa J Behr, Valerie L Demarest, Susan J Wong, Kristen A Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2871051?pdf=render