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Involvement of the Rabies Virus Phosphoprotein Gene in Neuroinvasiveness
12 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
Rabies virus (RABV), which is transmitted via a bite wound caused by a rabid animal, infects peripheral nerves and then spreads to the central nervous system (CNS) before causing severe neurological symptoms and death in the infected individual. Despite the importance of this ability of the virus to spread from a peripheral site to the CNS (neuroinvasiveness) in the pathogenesis of rabies, little is known about...
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