Abstract
The technique of nucleic acid hybridization was used to detect the presence of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)-specific deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in cell cultures and salivary gland tissues. The presence of approximately 4.5 and 0.2 genome equivalents per cell of MCMV-specific DNA was identified in cultures of salivary (ISG2) and prostate gland (IP) cells, respectively. These cells, derived from animals with experimentally induced latent infections, were negative for virus-specific antigens by immunofluorescence and on electron microscopy revealed no visible evidence of the presence of herpesviruses. A cell line derived from the salivary gland of an uninoculated animal (NSG2) was also found to possess MCMV-specific DNA (0.2 genome equivalents per cell). For this reason, salivary gland tissues from uninoculated animals supplied as "specific pathogen-free" mice by three commercial sources were tested upon arrival for the presence of MCMC-specific DNA. MCMV-specific DNA was detectable in pooled salivary gland extracts from uninoculated animals derived from two commercial sources. All of these animals were seronegative and virus negative by conventional infectivity assays.
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