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Experimental infection of suckling mice with a host range mutant of Junin virus.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1991
Scolaro L A, Mersich S E, Damonte E B
Abstract excerpt
Experimental infection of three mouse strains with a non-pathogenic mutant of Junin virus named Cl67 was compared with respect to the parental XJCl3 strain. After intracerebral (ic) or intraperitoneal inoculation, XJCl3 was highly virulent for 2 day-old C3H/HeJ, OF1, and BALB/cJ mouse strains, whereas its derivative Cl67 was attenuated. Survival of the Cl67-infected mouse was associated with a restricted...
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