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Transmission of ground squirrel hepatitis virus to homologous and heterologous hosts

Transmission of ground squirrel hepatitis virus to homologous and heterologous hosts The infectivity and host range of ground squirrel hepatitis virus (GSHV) have been further examined by animal inoculation experiments. Although carrier squirrel sera usually harbor 109 to 1010 virions per ml as determined by physical measurements, titration of one such serum revealed that squirrel infectivity was lost following dilution of the sample over 106‐fold. Infectivity is markedly reduced by NP40 pretreatment of infected serum. GSHV infection cannot be readily transmitted to several related ground squirrel species, but chipmunks can be experimentally infected by GSHV virions or by cloned GSHV DNA, and the resulting infection closely resembles that seen in the normal host. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hepatology Wiley

Transmission of ground squirrel hepatitis virus to homologous and heterologous hosts

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
ISSN
0270-9139
eISSN
1527-3350
DOI
10.1002/hep.1840050316
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Abstract

The infectivity and host range of ground squirrel hepatitis virus (GSHV) have been further examined by animal inoculation experiments. Although carrier squirrel sera usually harbor 109 to 1010 virions per ml as determined by physical measurements, titration of one such serum revealed that squirrel infectivity was lost following dilution of the sample over 106‐fold. Infectivity is markedly reduced by NP40 pretreatment of infected serum. GSHV infection cannot be readily transmitted to several related ground squirrel species, but chipmunks can be experimentally infected by GSHV virions or by cloned GSHV DNA, and the resulting infection closely resembles that seen in the normal host.

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HepatologyWiley

Published: May 1, 1985

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