Comparison of the neuropathology induced by two West Nile virus strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Donadieu, Emilie ^a,b   Lowenski, Steeve ^a,b   Servely, Jean Luc ^c,d   Laloy, Eve ^d   Lilin, Thomas ^d   Nowotny, Norbert ^e,f   Richardson, Jennifer ^a,b   Zientara, Stéphan ^a,b   Lecollinet, Sylvie ^a,b   Coulpier, Muriel ^a,b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LD 50; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84893205156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084473     Document Type: Article

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