Viral neuronotropism is important in the pathogenesis of Murray Valley encephalitis

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 307-310

  Fu, T L ^a   Ong, K C ^a   Tran, Y D ^b   Mclean, C A ^b,c   Wong, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NEUROTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL NEURONOTROPISM; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, MURRAY VALLEY; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84961875105     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nan.12285     Document Type: Article

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