Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus Infection in the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): A Model for West Nile Encephalitis
Shu-Yuan Xiao, Hilda Guzman, Hui Zhang, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa, and Robert B. Tesh
Table 1
Mortality and infection rates among adult hamsters following intraperitoneal inoculation of serial 10-fold dilutions of West Nile virus strain 385-99
| Virus titer of inoculuma | No. inoculated | No. infected (%) | No. dead (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106.0 | 10 | 10 (100) | 5 (50) |
| 105.0 | 10 | 10 (100) | 7 (70) |
| 104.0 | 10 | 10 (100) | 6 (60) |
| 103.0 | 10 | 9 (90) | 6 (60) |
| 102.0 | 10 | 8 (80) | 2 (20) |
| 101.0 | 10 | 8 (80) | 2 (20) |
| 100.0 | 7 | 1 (14) | 0 (0) |
aTissue culture infectious dose50 (TCID50) as determined by titration in mosquito cell (C6/36) cultures.
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