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Genetics of susceptibility to Theiler's virus infection.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Aug 1998
Brahic M, Bureau J F
Abstract excerpt
Theiler's virus is a picornavirus of mouse which causes an acute encephalomyelitis followed by a persistent infection of the white matter resulting in chronic inflammation and demyelination. This disease has been studied as a model for multiple sclerosis. Inbred strains of mice are either resistant--they clear the infection after the acute encephalomyelitis--or susceptible to persistent infection and...
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