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Mutations in the spike glycoprotein of human coronavirus OC43 modulate disease in BALB/c mice from encephalitis to flaccid paralysis and demyelination.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Jul 2010
Jacomy Hélène, St-Jean Julien R, Brison Elodie, Marceau Gabriel, Desforges Marc, Talbot Pierre J
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of most neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system remains unknown and likely involves a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental triggering factors. Given that exposure to numerous infectious pathogens occurs during childhood, and that some viral infections can lead to neurodegeneration and demyelination, it is conceivable that some viruses may act as triggering factors...
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