Latent herpes simplex virus in spinal ganglia of mice

Science. 1971 Aug 27;173(3999):843-5. doi: 10.1126/science.173.3999.843.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus establishes a persistent, latent infection in spinal ganglia after mice have recovered from posterior paralysis. Infectious virus is replicated when these ganglia are explanted and maintained as organ cultures in vitro.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Culture Techniques
  • Ganglia, Spinal / microbiology*
  • Ganglia, Spinal / pathology
  • Herpesviridae Infections / immunology
  • Herpesviridae Infections / microbiology
  • Herpesviridae Infections / pathology
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Simplexvirus / isolation & purification*
  • Time Factors
  • Virus Replication