TABLE 4.
Qualitative time courses of viral DNA in organs, blood, and brain of various mouse strains
| Mouse straina and virus | Times (dpi)c of BHV detection in:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Organsb | Blood | Brain | |
| AGR129 | |||
| BHV-1 | 3, 6, 11, 16 | 6, 11, 16 | 11, 16 |
| BHV-5 | 3, 6, 11 | 3, 6, 11 | 3, 6, 11 |
| AR129 | |||
| BHV-1 | 3, 6, 16, 22 | 6, 16, 22 | 16, 22 |
| BHV-5 | 3, 6, 16 | 3, 6 | 3, 6, 16 |
| GR129, BHV-5 | 16, 43d | Not detectedd | Not detectedd |
| A129, BHV-5 | 3, 6, 43 | Not detectede | Not detected |
a
For mouse strain definitions, see Table 1 and Materials and Methods.
b
Kidney, lung, liver, and spleen.
c
Numbers indicate the dpi at which groups of three animals were sacrificed and viral DNA was detected by PCR in extracts of the organs indicated.
d
Not tested on dpi 3 and 6.
e
Negative results with materials from this series of experiments.