The production of antibody by invading B cells is required for the clearance of rabies virus from the central nervous system.

The pathogenesis of rabies is associated with the inability to deliver immune effectors across the blood-brain barrier and to clear virulent rabies virus from CNS tissues. However, the mechanisms that facilitate immune effector entry into CNS tissues are induced by infection with attenuated rabies v...

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Main Authors: D Craig Hooper, Timothy W Phares, Marzena J Fabis, Anirban Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2754506?pdf=render