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B W A van der Strate1, J L Hillebrands, S S Lycklama à Nijeholt, L Beljaars, C A Bruggeman, M J A Van Luyn, J Rozing, T H The, D K F Meijer, G Molema, M C Harmsen.
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The role of leukocytes in the in vivo dissemination of cytomegalovirus was studied in this experiment. Rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) could be transferred to rat granulocytes and monocytes by cocultivation with RCMV-infected fibroblasts in vitro. Intravenous injection of purified infected granulocytes or monocytes resulted in a systemic infection in rats, indicating that our model is a powerful tool to gain further insight into CMV dissemination and the development of new antivirals.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14512575 PMCID: PMC224975 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.20.11274-11278.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103