Origin of lymphocytic-choriomeningitis-virus-bearing mice in Japan.
Mice found in the port areas in Japan, where antibody to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) was detected, may have originated or partially originated from a southern Asian subspecies, Mus musculus castaneus.
Morita
C
C
Department of Veterinary Public Health, Rakuno-Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Suzuki
H
H
Tanikawa
T
T
Yabe
T
T
Eda
J
J
Hirukawa
H
H
Ueno
H
H
Chenchittikal
M
M
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051379:Mice / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral