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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
The pathogenesis and prevention of generalized infection and interstitial pneumonia due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) in inbred strain 2 guinea pigs were investigated. Eighteen animals inoculated with approximately 10(7) 50% tissue culture infective doses of virulent salivary gland-passaged guinea pig CMV (GPCMV-SG) developed generalized, viremic CMV infections, and 44% of the animals died. Most (68%) cocultivated tissues showed CMV infection, including lungs, which demonstrated severe bilateral interstitial pneumonia. Guinea pigs inoculated with live tissue culture-passaged GPCMV (GPCMV-TC) vaccine developed mild, nonlethal, generalized CMV infections and minimal histopathologic changes in infected tissues, including lungs. After challenge of 19 GPCMV-TC-vaccinated animals with GPCMV-SG, viremia was detectable in two (11%); CMV was detected in 15% of cocultivated tissues and rarely in lungs. Although vaccinated animals showed histologic evidence of interstitial pneumonia after challenge, none died. Strain 2 guinea pigs are useful for studies of pathogenesis and prevention of generalized CMV infection, particularly CMV-associated interstitial pneumonia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
742-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of vaccination on cytomegalovirus-associated interstitial pneumonia in strain 2 guinea pigs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.