Tropism of Newcastle disease virus strains for chicken neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia.
Salman L ButtVeridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani MouraLeonardo SustaPatti J MillerJessica M HutchesonStivalis Cardenas-GarciaCorrie C BrownFranklin D WestClaudio L AfonsoJames B StantonPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2019)
These data indicate that similar to other paramyxoviruses, neurons and glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia) are susceptible to vNDV infection, and suggest that factors other than cellular tropism are likely the major determinant of the neurotropic phenotype.