Table 4. Neuronal routes different Lagos bat viruses travelled from the intracranial inoculation site to the periphery.

LBV strain(s)	Peripheral location	Deduced route for centrifugal spread of LBVs from intracranial inoculation site to periphery
		Origin in CNS		Route (nerves & ganglia)	Characteristics of neuronal route
		Specific nucleus	General location of nucleus in CNS		Number of synapses to pass	Division of nervous system involved
Ghana	Tongue ganglion	Salivatory	Motor medulla	Chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves	1	Parasympathetic motor
Ghana	Otic ganglion (salivary gland)	Inferior salivatory	Motor medulla	Chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves	1	Parasympathetic motor
Ghana, Senegal	Cardiac plexi at base of hearta	Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve	Motor medulla	Vagus nerve	1	Parasympathetic motor
		Cranial four to five segments thoracic spinal cord	Spinal cord	Cervical paravertebral sympathetic trunk and postganglionic fibers	2	Sympathetic motor
Ghana	Myenteric plexi of duodenum and jejunuma	Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve	Motor medulla	Vagus nerve	1	Parasympathetic motor
		Dorsal horn spinal cord	Spinal cord	Splanchnic nerve, celiac ganglion, and postganglionic fibers	2	Sympathetic motor
Ghana, Senegal	Taste buds on tongue	Solitary tract	Sensory medulla	Geniculate, petrosal and nodosal ganglia	2	Special sensory

^a More than one route possible because of innervation of the nervous plexi by both parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system.