A heparan-dependent herpesvirus targets the olfactory neuroepithelium for host entry.

Herpesviruses are ubiquitous pathogens that cause much disease. The difficulty of clearing their established infections makes host entry an important target for control. However, while herpesviruses have been studied extensively in vitro, how they cross differentiated mucus-covered epithelia in vivo...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Milho, Bruno Frederico, Stacey Efstathiou, Philip G Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23133384/?tool=EBI