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Home Health Skin cells may help rabies invade nerves after minor bites or scratches

Skin cells may help rabies invade nerves after minor bites or scratches

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While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus to pass through, novel research reveals that these cells play a much more active role. The findings of a new study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID), provide direct evidence that keratinocytes can support viral replication and transmit the rabies virus to neurons.

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