HHV6: Nose Is Gateway for Virus Tied to Brain Disorders

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*/Nose Is Gateway for Virus Tied to Brain Disorders/*

Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor

08 August 2011 Time: 03:00 PM ET

http://www.livescience.com/15453-nose-gateway-virus-brain-disorders.html

*/Human herpesvirus-6 entry into the central nervous system through the

olfactory pathway/*

PNAS 2011 ; published ahead of print August 8, 2011,

doi:10.1073/pnas.1105143108

* Abstract

<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/01/1105143108.abstract>

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