Pathogenesis of mouse hepatitis virus infection in gamma interferon-deficient mice is modulated by co-infection with Helicobacter hepaticus.
Compton SR, Ball-Goodrich LJ, Zeiss CJ, Johnson LK, Johnson EA, Macy JD. Pathogenesis of mouse hepatitis virus infection in gamma interferon-deficient mice is modulated by co-infection with Helicobacter hepaticus. Comparative Medicine 2003, 53: 197-206. PMID: 12784855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIFN-gamma KO miceGamma interferon-deficient miceMouse hepatitis virusInterferon-deficient miceDevelopment of peritonitisKO miceH. hepaticusMultisystemic infectionHelicobacter hepaticusMouse hepatitis virus infectionHepatitis virus infectionAberrant immune responseSelf-limiting infectionMinimal pathologic changesMultifocal hepatic necrosisLater time pointsAcute necrotizingAcute peritonitisAcute phaseInflammatory lesionsImmunocompetent miceChronic infectionHepatic necrosisMHV infectionPathologic changes