The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 99, 21-27,
Copyright, 1954, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF GRAVID MICE TO COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION
Gilbert Dalldorf M.D.1 and
Rebecca Gifford D.V.M.1
1 From the Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany
Gravid mice become progressively more susceptible to infection with the pancreatic line of Group B-1 Coxsackie virus during the last week of pregnancy. A Group A-8 strain did not have such an effect.
The young that survive despite the fact that their mothers are infected with a B-1 strain appear to be normal in the gross and microscopically, to grow at the usual rate, to be free of demonstrable virus, and to be susceptible on challenge with a homologous strain.
Submitted on August 11, 1953