Article
Loss of active neuroinvasiveness in attenuated strains of West Nile virus: pathogenicity in immunocompetent and SCID mice.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1994
Halevy M, Akov Y, Ben-Nathan D, Kobiler D, Lachmi B, Lustig S
Abstract excerpt
The neuropathogenicity of West Nile virus (WNV) and two derived attenuated strains WN25 and WN25A, was studied in young adult ICR mice and in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. Similarity in serology and RNA fingerprints were found between WNV and WN25. The viral envelope proteins of th...
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- Brain
- Cell Line
- Female
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, SCID
- Mutation
