Gamma interferon plays a crucial early antiviral role in protection against West Nile virus infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 5338-5348

  Shrestha, Bimmi ^a   Wang, Tian ^b,c   Samuel, Melanie A ^a   Whitby, Kevin ^a   Craft, Joe ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^b   Diamond, Michael S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33646738698     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00274-06     Document Type: Article

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