Scavenger receptor B2 as a receptor for hand, foot and Mouth disease and severe neurological diseases
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Infection with EV71 is occasionally associated with severe neurological diseases such as acute encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis and cardiopulmonary failure. Because cellular receptors for viruses...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00032/full |