title: Nonlethal infection of laboratory mice induced with "mouse" rabies strains.
abstract: Nonlethal infection was induced in laboratory mice with sublethal doses of rabies strains isolated from small wild rodents. Three types of nonlethal infecion were observed: persistent--with virus irregularly reisolable for at least 56 days after inoculation: latent--with negative virus reisolation but presence of infection demonstrable by transmission of virus neutralization activity to other animals; and abortive--with only a primary immune response, nontransmissible to other animals. A hyperreactive state called "early death" was observed in some mice. All surviving animals recovered without sequelae.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D051379:Mice; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011818:Rabies / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral