Propagation of nephropathia epidemica virus in Mongolian gerbils.
AUTOR(ES)
Yanagihara, R
RESUMO
Nephropathia epidemica virus, the etiological agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Scandinavia, was serially propagated in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Intracerebrally inoculated suckling gerbils developed subclinical infections, with viral antigen found in lung, brain, liver and spleen. The distribution of viral antigen was similar to that seen in experimentally infected bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), the principal wild rodent reservoir of nephropathia epidemica virus. This model provides a readily available animal host for the study of experimental nephropathia epidemica virus infection.
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