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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 207, Issue 1, Pages 142-151Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis653
Keywords
Nipah virus; Hendra virus; type I interferon; animal model; encephalitis
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Direction Generale de l'Armement (DGA)
- INSERM
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Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) are closely related, recently emerged paramyxoviruses that form Henipavirus genus and are capable of causing considerable morbidity and mortality in a number of mammalian species, including humans. However, in contrast to many other species and despite expression of functional virus entry receptors, mice are resistant to henipavirus infection. We report here the susceptibility of mice deleted for the type I interferon receptor (IFNAR-KO) to both HeV and NiV. Intraperitoneally infected mice developed fatal encephalitis, with pathology and immunohistochemical features similar to what was found in humans. Viral RNA was found in the majority of analyzed organs, and sublethally infected animals developed virus-specific neutralizing antibodies. Altogether, these results reveal IFNAR-KO mice as a new small animal model to study HeV and NiV pathogenesis, prophylaxis, and treatment and suggest the critical role of type I interferon signaling in the control of henipavirus infection.
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