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SARS
Recent findings from Y. Xiao and co-authors highlight research in SARS
June 18th, 2008
According to recent research published in the Journal of Comparative Pathology, "Masked palm civets are highly susceptible to infection with the severe acute respiratory, syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Infected animals become less aggressive and develop pyrexia, lethargy and diarrhoea." "The present Study describes the spectrum of histopathological charges in the lung, spleen, lymph node, liver, small intestine, kidney and cerebrum of civets infected experimentally with SARS-CoV. In-situ hybridization (ISH) with probes specific for the RNA polymerase gene demonstrated viral RNA in the lung, small intestine and cerebrum only. In-situ labelling was employed in...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-06-18)
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