Article
Lymphoproliferative disease in mice infected with murine gammaherpesvirus 68.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Oct 1994
Sunil-Chandra N P, Arno J, Fazakerley J, Nash A A
Abstract excerpt
Murine gammaherpesvirus is a natural pathogen of wild rodents. In the laboratory it establishes an infection of epithelial cells and persists in B lymphocytes in a latent form. Inbred mice chronically infected with the virus develop a lymphoproliferative disease (LPD) similar to that seen in pati...
Topics
- Animals
- Clone Cells
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Gammaherpesvirinae
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Lymphoma
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Phenotype
- Tissue Distribution
- Virus Latency