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Golden hamsters from different sources varied in susceptibility to the Lansing poliomyelitis virus but were markedly inferior to white mice and cotton rats as experimental animals.
Golden hamsters are inferior to white mice and cotton rats as experimental models for poliomyelitis research.
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Discourages hamster use for Lansing poliomyelitis modeling; leaves open identification of optimal rodent hosts for future viral studies.
Golden hamsters (Cricetus auratus) from two different sources were found to present marked differences in their susceptibility to the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis virus. Both strains were found to be markedly inferior to the white mouse and to the cotton rat as experimental animals for poliomyelitis research.
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Stebbins et al. (1949) studied this question. Golden hamsters from different sources varied in susceptibility to the Lansing poliomyelitis virus but were markedly inferior to white mice and cotton rats as experimental animals.
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