Neurotropic Enterovirus Infections in the Central Nervous System
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Neurotropic Enterovirus Infections in the Central Nervous System
Enteroviruses are a group of positive-sense single stranded viruses that belong to the Picornaviridae family. Most enteroviruses infect humans from the gastrointestinal tract and cause mild symptoms. However, several enteroviruses can invade the central nervous system (CNS) and result in various neurological symptoms that are correlated to mortality associated with enteroviral infections. In re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Viruses
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v7112920