Herpes simplex virus ophthalmic disease induced using two different methods of mice inoculation

Two different procedures for inoculation of HSV on corneas of BALB/c mice were evaluated. The first was by the use of HSV suspensions directly on the corneas and the other was after corneal scarification. Animals by this later method presented greater morbidity and mortality than those of first grou...

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Main Authors: Sílvia Regina Ferreira Gonçalves Pereira, Maria Angélica A. M. Guimarães, Leonardo V. Neto, Daniel Segenreich, Rafael Brandão Varella, Vera Lucia Antunes Chagas, Fernando Portela Câmara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000400004&lng=en&tlng=en