Herpes simplex virus type 2 UL24 gene is a virulence determinant in murine and guinea pig disease models |
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Authors: | Blakeney Susan Kowalski Jacek Tummolo Donna DeStefano Joanne Cooper David Guo Min Gangolli Seema Long Deborah Zamb Timothy Natuk Robert J Visalli Robert J |
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Affiliation: | Wyeth Vaccines Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA. |
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Abstract: | A herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) UL24 beta-glucuronidase (UL24-betagluc) insertion mutant was derived from HSV-2 strain 186 via standard marker transfer techniques. Cell monolayers infected with UL24-betagluc yielded cytopathic effect with syncytium formation. UL24-betagluc replicated to wild-type viral titers in three different cell lines. UL24-betagluc was not virulent after intravaginal inoculation of BALB/c mice in that all inoculated animals survived doses up to 400 times the 50% lethal dose (LD50) of the parental virus. Furthermore, few UL24-betagluc-inoculated mice developed any vaginal lesions. Intravaginal inoculation of guinea pigs with UL24-betagluc at a dose equivalent to the LD50 of parental virus (approximately 5 x 10(3) PFU) was not lethal (10/10 animals survived). Although genital lesions developed in some UL24-betagluc-inoculated guinea pigs, both the overall number of lesions and the severity of disease were far less than that observed for animals infected with parental strain 186. |
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