title: Pathobiology of rabies virus and the European bat lyssaviruses in experimentally infected mice.
abstract: A comparison of the clinicopathology of European bat lyssavirus (EBLV) types-1 and -2 and of rabies virus was undertaken. Following inoculation of mice at a peripheral site with these viruses, clinical signs of rabies and distribution of virus antigen in the mouse brain were examined. The appearance of clinical signs of disease varied both within and across the different virus species, with variation in incubation periods and weight loss throughout disease progression. The distribution of viral antigen throughout the regions of the brain examined was similar for each of the isolates during the different stages of disease progression, suggesting that antigen distribution was not associated with clinical presentation. However, specific regions of the brain including the cerebellum, caudal medulla, hypothalamus and thalamus, showed notable differences in the proportion of virus antigen positive cells present in comparison to other brain regions suggesting that these areas are important in disease development irrespective of virus species.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases Research Group (WZ&VBDRG), Department of Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, United Kingdom. Derek.Healy@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brookes
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Banyard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cosby
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D055256:Infectious Disease Incubation Period; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D051379:Mice; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral