Toll-like receptor 3 mediates West Nile virus entry into the brain causing lethal encephalitis.

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Published in Nat Med on November 21, 2004

Authors

Tian Wang1, Terrence Town, Lena Alexopoulou, John F Anderson, Erol Fikrig, Richard A Flavell

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Safety and Efficacy Study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin to Treat Japanese Encephalitis | NCT01856205

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