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Genetic control of mouse cytomegalovirus-induced myocarditis.
Immunology - 1 Jan 1990
Lawson C M, O'Donoghue H, Bartholomaeus W N, Reed W D
Abstract excerpt
Mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection of mice induced myocarditis, characterized by a mononuclear cell infiltrate with associated necrosis of myofibres. Myocarditis was observed in parallel with viral inclusion-bearing cells in the heart during the acute phase of the infection. Myocarditis also persisted after the acute phase when viral antigens were no longer detectable by immunoperoxidase histochemistry and...
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