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Volume 11, Number 5, May 2005

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection of Spiny Rats

Anne-Sophie Carrara,* Marta Gonzales,† Cristina Ferro,† Margarita Tamayo,† Judith Aronson,* Slobodan Paessler,* Michael Anishchenko,* Jorge Boshell,† and Scott C. Weaver*
*University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; and †Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

 
 
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Figure 3. Histologic staining (hematoxylin and eosin) of spiny rat lymph nodes (A and B), salivary glands (C), and pancreas (D) after subcutaneous inoculation of 3 log10 PFU of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus strain Co97-0054. A) Popliteal draining lymph node 24 h postinfection, showing the presence of a polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltrate (arrows). B) Contralateral popliteal lymph node 24 hr postinfection from same animal. No proinfiltration was visible. C) Chronic inflammation of the salivary gland (arrows) day 3 postinfection. D) Asenea with focal necrosis (arrows) day 3 postinfection. (Magnification ×40.)

 

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