Article
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...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Female
- Genes
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- H-2 Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Myocarditis