Eperythrozoon--a lesson for arbovirologists.
Eperythrozoon was detected in suckling mice inoculated with a suspension of nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks. The organism was filterable through 220 nm Millipore membranes, moderately sensitive to diethyl ether, pathogenic to suckling but not to adult mice when given intracerebrally, intraperitoneally or subcutaneously, and mimicked an arbovirus. Eperythrozoon should be considered as an agent potentially interfering with experiments performed on laboratory mice.
Hubálek
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Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno.
Juricová
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Halouzka
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D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000382:microbiology*; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002460:Cell Line; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D018153:Czech Republic; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018154:Slovakia; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*