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Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005
Research

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection of Spiny Rats

Anne-Sophie Carrara*, Marta Gonzales†, Cristina Ferro†, Margarita Tamayo†, Judith Aronson*, Slobodan Paessler*, Michael Anishchenko*, Jorge Boshell†, and Scott C. Weaver*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; †Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

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Figure 3

Histologic staining (hematoxylin and eosin) of spiny rat lymph nodes (A and B), salivary glands (C), and pancreas (D) after subcutaneous inoculation of 3 log10 PFU of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus strain Co97-0054. A) Popliteal draining lymph node 24 h postinfection, showing the presence of a polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltrate (arrows). B) Contralateral popliteal lymph node 24 hr postinfection from same animal. No proinfiltration was visible. C) Chronic inflammation of the salivary gl

Figure 3. . Histologic staining (hematoxylin and eosin) of spiny rat lymph nodes (A and B), salivary glands (C), and pancreas (D) after subcutaneous inoculation of 3 log10 PFU of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus strain Co97-0054. A) Popliteal draining lymph node 24 h postinfection, showing the presence of a polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltrate (arrows). B) Contralateral popliteal lymph node 24 hr postinfection from same animal. No proinfiltration was visible. C) Chronic inflammation of the salivary gland (arrows) day 3 postinfection. D) Asenea with focal necrosis (arrows) day 3 postinfection. (Magnification ×40.)

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