Experimental transmission of hantavirus infection in laboratory rats.

doi:10.1093/infdis/170.6.1589

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Experimental transmission of hantavirus infection in laboratory rats.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 1994

Dohmae K, Okabe M, Nishimune Y

Abstract excerpt

This study found a competent transmission of hantavirus between cagemates using congenitally T cell-deficient Rowett nude rats (rnu/rnu). Intraperitoneally infected immunologically normal rats (rnu/+) did not transmit the hantavirus to their normal cagemates (rnu/+) but did to Rowett nude rats (r...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Laboratory
Antibodies, Viral
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Female
Genotype
Orthohantavirus
Hantavirus Infections
Male
Organ Specificity
Rats
Rats, Nude
Rodent Diseases
Virus Shedding

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