Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21927638›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2011

Clearance of virus infection from the CNS.

Diane E Griffin, Talibah Metcalf

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Synthetic viral RNA mimetics induce neuronal loss through microglial phagocytosis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Diane E GriffinDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. dgriffin@jhsph.edu
Talibah Metcalf

Funding

Training: Molecular & Cellular Bases of Infectious DiseasesT32AI007417 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Arturo Casadevall · 1994 to 2026
$11.9M
CONTROL OF ALPHAVIRUS REPLICATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEMR01NS038932 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRIFFIN, DIANE E · 2001 to 2016
$4.9M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007417NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038932NINDS NIH HHS R01NS038932
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses that cause encephalomyelitis infect neurons and recovery from infection requires noncytolytic clearance of virus from the nervous system to avoid damaging these irreplaceable cells. Several murine model systems of virus infection have been used to identify clearance mechanisms. Quantitative analysis of Sindbis virus clearance over 6 months shows three phases: day 5-7, clearance of infectious virus, but continued presence of viral RNA; day 8-60, decreasing levels of viral RNA; day 60-180, maintenance of viral RNA at low levels. Antiviral antibody and interferon-γ have major roles in clearance with a likely role for IgM as well as IgG antibody. Long-term residence of virus-specific immune cells in the nervous system is necessary to prevent virus reactivation.

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AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansVirus DiseasesVirusesVirus Physiological Phenomena

Identifiers

PMID21927638
PMCPMC3171972

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