Potential neurovirulence of common cold virus
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Potential neurovirulence of common cold virus.
An elegant recent study by Thomas Dufresne and Matthias Gromeier suggests that a causative agent of the common cold, coxsackievirus A21 (CAV21), is potentially neurovirulent and could, under the right circumstances, cause a poliomyelitis-like illness. CAV21 and poliovirus are members of the enterovirus genus (family Picornaviridae) and show remarkable genetic similarity. However, CAV21 causes u...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17456-4