March 2005

News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience

Neonatal Coxsackievirus Infection of Neuronal Progenitors

Ralph Feuer, Robb R. Pagarigan, Stephanie Harkins, Fei Liu, Isabelle P. Hunziker, and J. Lindsay Whitton

Coxsackievirus B (CVB) infections can cause serious consequences such as meningoencephalitis, particularly in newborns and young children. This week, Feuer et al. track the insidious path of CVB3 infection in neonatal mice.