Virus Induced Myocarditis Prevented In Mice

Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 10:14 in Health & Medicine

Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia can be a consequence of myocarditis -- an inflammation of the cardiac muscle that can be caused by the Coxsackievirus. In mice, researchers have now abolished the infection by blocking the receptor which is required for virus entry.

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