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Genetics of coxsackievirus B3 cardiovirulence.
European heart journal - 1 Dec 1995
Tracy S, Tu Z, Chapman N, Hufnagel G
Abstract excerpt
The human enteroviruses, especially the coxsackie B viruses, have been established as aetiologic agents of human inflammatory heart disease, a condition which may lead to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. It is clear from murine models of coxsackievirus B3-induced inflammatory heart disease that not all strains of the virus are cardiovirulent (able to cause disease). Here, we present preliminary data...
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