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Sustained viral load and late death in Rag2-/- mice after influenza A virus infection
Wu, Haiya Haist, Verena Baumgärtner, Wolfgang Schughart, Klaus
Wu, Haiya
Haist, Verena
Baumgärtner, Wolfgang
Schughart, Klaus
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2010-07-28
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Abstract The importance of the adaptive immune response for secondary influenza infections and protection from a lethal challenge after vaccination has been well documented. However, some controversy still exists concerning the specific involvement of B and T cells during a primary infection. Here, we have followed the survival, weight loss, viral load and lung pathology in Rag2 -/- knock-out mice after infection with influenza A virus (H1N1). Infected wild type mice initially lost weight early after infection but then cleared the virus and recovered. Rag2 -/- mice, however, showed similar weight loss kinetics in the early stages after infection but weight loss continued post infection and culminated in death. In contrast to wild type mice, Rag2 -/- mice were not able to clear the virus, despite an increased inflammatory response. Furthermore, they did not recruit virus-specific lymphocytes into the lung in the later stages after infection and exhibited sustained pulmonary lesions.
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Virology Journal. 2010 Jul 28;7(1):172
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