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A non-cardiovirulent strain of coxsackievirus B3 causes myocarditis in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
European heart journal - 1 Dec 1995
Hufnagel G, Chapman N, Tracy S
Abstract excerpt
The most extensively studied animal model of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced inflammatory heart muscle disease is the murine model. In the acute and chronic phase of the disease, it has been suggested that autoimmune mechanisms play a major role in the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, C3H mice without functional T- and B-lymphocytes (C3H SCID) were inoculated either with a cardiovirulent (CVB3/20) or...
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