Lethal interaction of ubiquitous insecticide carriers with virus.
Large quantities of presumably nontoxic petroleum oil by-products are introduced into the environment as pesticide dispersal agents and emulsifiers. An increase in viral lethality with a concomitant influence on the liver and central nervous system occurs in young mice previously primed with such chemicals.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004655:Emulsions / Q000009:adverse effects; D004770:Enterovirus; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D004680:Maus Elberfeld virus; D051379:Mice; D010578:Petroleum / Q000633:toxicity*; D012997:Solvents / Q000633:toxicity
D004655:Emulsions; D007306:Insecticides; D010578:Petroleum; D012997:Solvents