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Acetylcholine activates latent pseudorabies virus in pigs

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Pseudorabies virus (PrV) was isolated from the nasal swabs and the cultured trigeminal ganglia of latently infected pigs after they were treated with acetylcholine (ACH). These results indicated that ACH activates latent infections of PrV.

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  1. The Chemo-Sero Therapeutic Research Institute, Kikuchi Research Center, Kumamoto

    S. Tanaka, T. Imamura, M. Sakaguchi & K. Matsuo

  2. Animal Laboratory Center, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan

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Tanaka, S., Imamura, T., Sakaguchi, M. et al. Acetylcholine activates latent pseudorabies virus in pigs. Archives of Virology 141, 161–166 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718597

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