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Hazara Virus Infection is Lethal for Adult Type I Interferon Receptor-knockout Mice and May Act As a Surrogate for Infection with the Human-pathogenic Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

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Journal J Gen Virol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 2011 Nov 18
PMID 22090213
Citations 42
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Abstract

Hazara virus (HAZV) is closely related to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). HAZV has not been reported to cause human disease; work with infectious material can be carried out at containment level (CL)-2. By contrast, CCHFV causes a haemorrhagic fever in humans and requires CL-4 facilities. A disease model of HAZV infection in mice deficient in the type I interferon receptor is reported in this study. Dose-response effects were seen with higher doses, resulting in a shorter time to death and earlier detection of viral loads in organs. The lowest dose of 10 p.f.u. was still lethal in over 50 % of the mice. Histopathological findings were identified in the liver, spleen and lymph nodes, with changes similar to a recent mouse model of CCHFV infection. The findings demonstrate that inoculation of mice with HAZV may act as a useful surrogate model for the testing of antiviral agents against CCHFV.

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