GLUCOSE-UTILIZATION DURING INFLUENZA INFE CTION OF DIFFERENT SEVERITYIN INTACT AND STRESSED ANIMALS

Animals preexposed to stress developed manifest hyperglycemia in the f irst 2 days of influenza infection, which was replaced by prolonged hy poglycemia. The status of carbohydrate metabolism normalized no sooner than 3 to 4 weeks after tile disease onset, although the acute phase of infection was over by the end of week 2. the changes were evident i n the pattern of ''sugar curve'' after glucose loading. Glucose utiliz ation failed to normalize even 2 h after tile lending in animals with stress, influenza infection, or stress-associated complications of thi s infection.