Population
Mice (diabetes-susceptible BALB/c and diabetes-resistant C57BL/6 strains)
Comparison
Inoculation with 10 PFU/head of… vs Comparison between virus variants and mouse…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
7 days
Authors
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Supports EMC-D BALB/c model for severe myocarditis; leaves open translation of host-virus interactions to human disease.
The severity of EMC virus-induced myocarditis is dependent on both the specific viral variant and the genetic background of the host mouse strain.
Hirasawa et al. (1992) studied this question.
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