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Neurologic Disease
Data from University of Texas provide new insights into neurologic disease
August 5th, 2008
"Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) causes sporadic epidemics of human and equine disease in North America, but South American strains have seldom been associated with human neurologic disease or mortality, despite serological evidence of infection. In mice, most North American and South American strains of EEEV produce neurologic disease that resembles that associated with human and equine infections," scientists in the United States report. "We identified a South American strain that is unable to replicate efficiently in the brain or cause fatal disease in mice yet produces 10-fold higher viremia than virulent EEEV strains. The avirulent South American strain...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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