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SUBMITTER: Americo JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902144 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Americo Jeffrey L JL Sood Cindy L CL Cotter Catherine A CA Vogel Jodi L JL Kristie Thomas M TM Moss Bernard B Earl Patricia L PL
Virology 20131128
Classical inbred mice are extensively used for virus research. However, we recently found that some wild-derived inbred mouse strains are more susceptible than classical strains to monkeypox virus. Experiments described here indicated that the 50% lethal dose of vaccinia virus (VACV) and cowpox virus (CPXV) were two logs lower in wild-derived inbred CAST/Ei mice than classical inbred BALB/c mice, whereas there was little difference in the susceptibility of the mouse strains to herpes simplex vir ...[more]