Transmission of hepatitis agents was attempted in marmosets. The Barker hepatitis agent could be serially propagated with difficulty while the Berlin agent consistently induced a striking biochemical and morphological hepatitis in the inoculated animals. Direct inoculation of marmosets with human hepatitis sera produced irregular enzyme changes, but these could not be transmitted in serial passage.
曾尝试在狨猴中传播肝炎病原体。巴克肝炎病原体虽能勉强连续传代,但柏林病原体始终在接种动物中引发显著的生化和形态学肝炎。直接给狨猴接种人肝炎血清会产生不规则的酶变化,但这些变化无法连续传代。