title: Vesicular stomatitis virus causes abortion and neonatal death in ferrets.
abstract: Vesicular stomatitis virus caused transplacental infection in ferrets, resulting in infant death. No clinically significant illness was observed in the adult, despite histological changes in the uterus, liver, and spleen.
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D005327:Fetal Resorption / Q000209:etiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D010920:Placenta / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral