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The shiverer mutation affects the persistence of Theiler's virus in the central nervous system.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1997
Bihl F, Pena-Rossi C, Guénet J L, Brahic M, Bureau J F
Abstract excerpt
Theiler's virus persists in the white matter of the spinal cord of genetically susceptible mice and causes primary demyelination. The virus persists in macrophages/microglial cells, but also in oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells. Susceptibility/resistance to this chronic infection has been mapped to several loci including one tentatively located in the telomeric region of chromosome 18, close to the...
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