Population
DBA/2 mice and BALB/c-nu/nu, BALB/c-nu/+, and BALB/c-nu/nu injected with spleen cells mice
Comparison
Inoculation with encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus vs Comparison between athymic, euthymic, and spleen…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
16 days
Authors
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T-cell status did not alter myocarditis or viral titers in this murine model; leaves open adaptive immunity's role in human viral myocarditis.
In a murine model of EMC viral myocarditis, the presence or absence of T cells did not significantly alter the incidence of myocarditis or viral titers.
Kishimoto et al. (1985) studied this question.
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