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Research on life sciences published by scientists at St. Louis University, Medical Department
June 10th, 2008
"The attenuated West Nile virus 25A strain (WN25A) was investigated for its neuroinvasive properties in B-cell-deficient (mu MT) mice. After peripheral inoculation, WN25A caused fatal encephalitis in the majority of 6-8-week-old mice, characterized by a systemic infection with viraemia, moderate virus burdens in peripheral tissues and a high titre of brain-associated virus," researchers in the United States report. "Mice generally succumbed to infection within a few weeks of infection. However, others survived for as long as 10 weeks, and some for even longer. Normal age-matched C57BL/6 mice showed no signs of illness after inoculation with WN25A virus. Nucleotide...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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