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. 1975 Apr;11(4):835–844. doi: 10.1128/iai.11.4.835-844.1975

Biological properties of a canine distemper virus isolate associated with demyelinating encephalomyelitis.

A W Confer, D E Kahn, A Koestner, S Krakowka
PMCID: PMC415143  PMID: 47310

Abstract

A canine distemper virus (CDV), DESIGNATED R252, originally recovered from a dog with demyelinating encephalomyelitis was shown to reproduce this disease in gnotobiotic dogs with a high incidence as compared to other CDV strains, which produced an acute fatal infection. In this investigation, R252 was propagated for the first time in Vero cells and compared to two known strains of CDV, Snyder-Hill (SH) and Onderstepoort (Ond). The results of this study revealed that intracellular R252 accumulated more slowly than either SH or Ond. There was extensive destruction of Vero monolayers infected with either R252 or SH. Each virus induced the formation of intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions. Ond infection resulted in minimal cytopathic changes and intracytoplasmic inclusions. Immunofluorescence studies indicated that the spread of R252 infection within the monolayers was intermediate between the rapidly spreading SH and slowly spreading Ond. R252-infected cells developed characteristic immunofluorescent cytoplasmic inclusions. Initially, each stained homogeneously and later appeared as a non fluorescent body surrounded by a fluorescent ring. This characteristic pattern of fluorescence was observed only infrequently in thelate stage of SH infection and was absent in Ond-infected cultures. Reciprocal neutralization studies indicated that the three strains are of one serotype. These findings suggest that R252-CDV has biological properties which differ from two other strains of CDV and which may have bearing upon the in vivo capability of this virus to produce demyelinating encephalomyelitis.

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