The hamster as an animal model for eastern equine encephalitis- and its use in studies of virus entrance into the brain

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2072-2076

  Paessler, Slobodan ^a,b   Aguilar, Patricia ^a,b   Anishchenko, Michael ^a,b   Wang, Hui Qun ^a   Aronson, Judith ^a,b   Campbell, Gerald ^b   Cararra, Ann Sophie ^a,b   Weaver, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PLAQUE ASSAY; VIREMIA;

EID: 2542483381     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383246     Document Type: Article

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