Lyssavirus infection: 'Low dose, multiple exposure' in the mouse model

Virus Research

Volumn 181, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-42

  Banyard, Ashley C ^a   Healy, Derek M ^a   Brookes, Sharon M ^a   Voller, Katja ^a   Hicks, Daniel J ^a   Núñez, Alejandro ^a   Fooks, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure; Lyssavirus; Mouse; Pathogenicity; Rabies; Virus

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; LYSSAVIRUS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; RABIES; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LYSSAVIRUS; MICE; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84893835624     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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