The severity of Murray Valley encephalitis in mice is linked to neutrophil infiltration and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity in the central nervous system

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 8781-8790

  Andrews, D M ^a   Matthews, V B ^a   Sammels, L M ^a   Carrello, A C ^a   Mcminn, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CHEMOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVIVIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRIFORM CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032850736     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.10.8781-8790.1999     Document Type: Article

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