Sellon D C, Walker K M, Russell K E, Perry S T, Covington P, Fuller F J
Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606, USA.
J Virol. 1996 Jan;70(1):590-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.70.1.590-594.1996.
Equine infectious anemia virus is a lentivirus that replicates in mature tissue macrophages of horses. Ponies were infected with equine infectious anemia virus. During febrile episodes, proviral DNA was detectable, but viral mRNA was not detectable. As cultured blood monocytes from these ponies differentiated into macrophages, viral expression was upregulated. In situ hybridization confirmed that viral transcription occurred in mature macrophages.
马传染性贫血病毒是一种慢病毒,在马的成熟组织巨噬细胞中复制。小马感染了马传染性贫血病毒。在发热期可检测到前病毒DNA,但未检测到病毒mRNA。随着这些小马培养的血液单核细胞分化为巨噬细胞,病毒表达上调。原位杂交证实病毒转录发生在成熟巨噬细胞中。