Theiler's virus is a picornavirus of mouse which causes an acute encephalomyelitis followed by a persistent infection of the white matter resulting in chronic inflammation and demyelination. This disease has been studied as a model for multiple sclerosis. Inbred strains of mice are either resistant-
UNRAVELLING THE GENETIC BASIS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION
β Scribed by LEVIN, MICHAEL; NEWPORT, MELANIE
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 181
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3417
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