The JH2604 deletion variant of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HG52) fails to produce necrotizing encephalitis following intracranial inoculation of mice.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-71-7-1597

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The JH2604 deletion variant of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HG52) fails to produce necrotizing encephalitis following intracranial inoculation of mice.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 1990

Taha M Y, Brown S M, Clements G B, Graham D I

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The pathological changes and distribution of virus antigen in mouse brains were studied following intracranial inoculation of 3 week old BALB/c mice with the herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 strain HG52 and its deletion variant JH2604. The variant JH2604 failed to produce necrotizing encephaliti...

Topics

Animals
Brain
Chromosome Deletion
Encephalitis
Genetic Variation
Herpes Simplex
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Reference Values
Simplexvirus
Virulence

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