1. Responses of infant rhesus monkeys to inoculation with Mason-Pfizer monkey virus materials.
- Author
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Fine DL, Landon JC, Pienta RJ, Kubicek MT, Valerio MG, Loeb WF, and Chopra HC
- Subjects
- Anemia etiology, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Blood Cell Count, Blood Proteins analysis, Body Weight, Bone Marrow microbiology, Brain microbiology, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Enteritis etiology, Kidney microbiology, Lymph Nodes microbiology, Lymph Nodes pathology, Pneumonia, Viral etiology, Spleen microbiology, Thymus Gland microbiology, Thymus Gland pathology, Haplorhini microbiology, Macaca, Oncogenic Viruses isolation & purification, Tumor Virus Infections blood, Tumor Virus Infections microbiology, Tumor Virus Infections pathology
- Abstract
Rhesus monkeys neonatally inoculated with Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) and virus-infected cells frequently developed viral and/or bacterial pneumonia and enteritis. Three characteristic hematologic patterns occurred among the inoculated animals and correlated well with the probability of survival. Postmortem examination of the animals revealed lymphadenopathy and thymic atrophy. M-PMV was present in lymph nodes, blood, brain, spleen, thymus, kidneys, and bone marrow. The disease induced in some animals had characteristics suggestive of a slow-virus-induced autoimmune response.
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- 1975