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Experimental genital infection of cebus monkeys with oral and genital isolates of herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2

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Experimental infection of the cebus monkey genital tract was demonstrated following the intravaginal inoculation of oral and genital strains ofHerpesvirus hominis. This was determined by the appearance of clinical lesions, isolation of virus and production of neutralizing antibody.

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  1. P. J. Felsburg

    Present address: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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  1. Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas, USA

    R. L. Heberling & S. S. Kalter

  2. WHO Regional Reference Center for Simian Viruses, USA

    P. J. Felsburg, R. L. Heberling & S. S. Kalter

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This study was funded in part by U.S.P.H.S. grants RR 05519, RR 00278, RR 00361, RR 00451 and contracts NTH 69-93 and 71-2348 and WHO grant Z 2/181/27.

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Felsburg, P.J., Heberling, R.L. & Kalter, S.S. Experimental genital infection of cebus monkeys with oral and genital isolates of herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2. Archiv f Virusforschung 39, 223–227 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01241544

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