Genetic susceptibility to herpetic encephalitis of inbred rabbits of B/Jas strain.

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Genetic susceptibility to herpetic encephalitis of inbred rabbits of B/Jas strain.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 1995

Seto A, Morikawa S, Isono T, Ogawa K, Inubushi T

Abstract excerpt

Inbred rabbits of B/Jas strain were found to be highly susceptible to herpes simplex virus type 1 encephalitis, following i.v. injection of the virus, while Chbb:HM strain rabbits were not susceptible. The susceptibility trait seemed to be inherited recessively, involving multiple genes, because...

Topics

Animals
Brain
Chlorocebus aethiops
Crosses, Genetic
Encephalitis, Viral
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Herpes Simplex
Herpesvirus 1, Human
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rabbits
Species Specificity
Vero Cells

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