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Development and characterization of an animal model of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in adolescent C57BL/6 mouse.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Oct 2021
Tripathi Aarti, Banerjee Arup, Vrati Sudhanshu
Abstract excerpt
A mouse-adapted isolate of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), designated as JEV-S3, was generated by serially passaging the P20778 strain of the virus in 3- to 4-week-old C57BL/6 mice. Blood-brain barrier leakage was evident in JEV-S3-infected mice, in which viral antigens and RNA were consistently demonstrated in the brain, along with infiltration of activated immune cells, as evidenced by an increased...
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