Simpson L O
Lab Anim. 1976 Jul;10(3):249-60. doi: 10.1258/002367776781035288.
Evidence for and against the possibility that the autoimmune disease of NZB mice has a viral aetiology is presented. It is considered that the case for a viral aetiology is unproven, although the possibility exists that virus may be present in incomplete form. Widely varying experimental results can be expected in experiments involving NZB mice until acceptable standards of mouse strain definition are laid down. Thus the comparison of results obtained from studies of NZB mice of diverse origin may invite misleading conclusions.
本文展示了支持和反对新西兰黑鼠自身免疫性疾病由病毒引起这一可能性的证据。虽然存在病毒可能以不完整形式存在的可能性，但病毒病因论的情况尚未得到证实。在制定出可接受的小鼠品系定义标准之前，涉及新西兰黑鼠的实验可能会得到差异很大的实验结果。因此，比较来自不同来源的新西兰黑鼠研究结果可能会得出误导性结论。
