TABLE 3.
PCR analysis of BHV DNA in selected organs of different mouse strains (dpi 43)
| Mouse straina | Detection of BHVb in:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spleen | Liver | Kidney | Blood | Lung | Brain | |
| Wild type | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 5 | (1) | Neg | Neg |
| AG129 | (1), 5 | 1, 5 | 5 | (1) | Neg | (5) |
| A129 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 5 | Neg | 1, 5 | 5 |
| RAG-2 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | (1), 5 | (1) | Neg | Neg |
| GR129c | 5 | Neg | 5 | Neg | 5 | Neg |
a
For mouse strain definitions, see Table 1 and Materials and Methods.
b
Numbers indicate the BHV type for which DNA was consistently detected. Numbers in parentheses indicate that viral DNA was occasionally detected. Neg, viral DNA was not detected
c
Infected solely with BHV-5.