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

While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus to ...
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Superficial skin exposures pose a higher rabies risk than previously thought

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 ...
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Can you get rabies from a minor scratch?

India, April 17 -- Why even a subtle abrasion from bat and dog scratches poses a significant risk to the nervous system?
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Rabies virus infection and immune activation in human epidermal keratinocytes: Implications for rabies transmission (IMAGE)

While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus (RABV) to pass through, novel research in the Journal of Investigative ...
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Novel research reveals the active role that skin cells play in rabies infection

While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus to ...