Use of RNA interference to prevent lethal murine West Nile virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1148-1154

  Bai, Fengwei ^a   Wang, Tian ^a   Pal, Utpal ^a   Bao, Fukai ^a   Gould, L Hannah ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERO CELLS; VIRAL LOAD; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 15544387798     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428507     Document Type: Article

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