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Experimental Infection of Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) with Monkeypox Virus

A proposed new small-animal (rodent) model for studying the pathogenesis and treatment of severe orthopoxvirus infections is described. Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) were infected intraperitoneally and intranasally with monkeypox virus (MPXV). A fulminant illness de...

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Autores principales: Tesh, Robert B., Watts, Douglas M., Sbrana, Elena, Siirin, Marina, Popov, Vsevolod L., Xiao, Shu-Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15498157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.040310