The encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) is a small non-enveloped single-strand RNA virus,
the causative agent of not only myocarditis and encephalitis, but also neurological diseases …

Rodents can cause major problems through spreading various diseases to animals and
humans. The two main species of rodents most commonly found on farms around the world …

A growing number of studies have demonstrated that autophagy has a diverse role in the
infection process of different pathogens. However, to date, it is unknown whether autophagy …

Non-suppurative meningoencephalitis of unknown cause is a frequent finding in dogs and
cats. Fifty-three dogs and 33 cats with non-suppurative meningoencephalitis of unknown …

Mengovirus is an oncolytic picornavirus whose broad host range allows for testing in
immunocompetent cancer models. Two pathogenicity-ablating approaches, polycytidine …

Long polycytidine (polyC) tracts varying in length from 50 to 400 nucleotides were first
described in the 5′-noncoding region (NCR) of genomes of picornaviruses belonging to …

The pathogenesis of human type 1 diabetes, characterized by immune-mediated damage of
insulin-producing β-cells of pancreatic islets, may involve viral infection. Essential …

Poult enteritis complex has been incriminated as a major cause of loss among turkey poults
in other countries. We have observed this in Brazil, associated with diarrhoea, loss of weight …

Cardioviruses are members of the Picornaviridae family and infect a variety of mammals,
from mice to humans. Replication of cardioviruses produces double stranded RNA that is …

Mice (n= 20) aged 8 weeks were infected, either by oronasal inoculation or by contact, with
one of two different myocardial strains of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), namely, the …