The susceptibility of the hamster to mouse encephalomyelitis virus.
The OT strain of mouse encephalomyelitis virus induces an inapparent infection in suckling hamsters associated with lesions of the central nervous system and skeletal muscles. The virus increases in pathogenicity after alternating mouse-hamster transfers and then induces both paralysis and encephalitis. Pathogenicity is lost through serial hamster passages but is restored by a single mouse transfer.
D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System; D006224:Cricetinae; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004660:Encephalitis; D004679:Encephalomyelitis; D004680:Maus Elberfeld virus; D051379:Mice; D012377:Rodentia
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; RODENTS