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A Hamster-Derived West Nile Virus Isolate Induces Persistent Renal Infection in Mice

BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) can persist long term in the brain and kidney tissues of humans, non-human primates, and hamsters. In this study, mice were infected with WNV strain H8912, previously cultured from the urine of a persistently infected hamster, to determine its pathogenesis in a muri...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Vandana, Xie, Guorui, Li, Bei, Farris, Tierra, Welte, Thomas, Gong, Bin, Boor, Paul, Wu, Ping, Tang, Shao-Jun, Tesh, Robert, Wang, Tian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23785537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002275