PREVALENCE OF ORPHAN PARVOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN MICE AND RATS

Authors
UENO Y IWAMA M OHSHIMA T SUGIYAMA F TAKAKURA A ITOH T YAGAMI K
Citation
Y. Ueno et al., PREVALENCE OF ORPHAN PARVOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN MICE AND RATS, Experimental animals, 47(3), 1998, pp. 207-210
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences",Zoology
Journal title
Experimental animals → ACNP
ISSN journal
13411357
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
1341-1357(1998)47:3<207:POOPII>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
''Orphan'' parvovirus (OPV) infection in laboratory mice and rats was serologically surveyed for 465 mouse sera and 271 rat sera collected f rom 1986 to 1987 and from 1993 to 1996 in Japan. The results suggest t hat parvovirus infection is rare in mice but common in rats (positive rate: 13-22%) and that most putative viruses were OPVs. OPV is therefo re considered to already have been harbored for at least ten years in Japan.