Journal
VIROLOGY
Volume 418, Issue 2, Pages 102-112Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.07.013
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Orthopoxvirus; Animal model; Cowpox virus; Variola virus; Smallpox; Hemorrhagic disease; Pathogenesis
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- NIAID Division of Intramural Research
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Hemorrhagic smallpox was a rare but severe manifestation of variola virus infection that resulted in nearly 100% mortality. Here we describe intravenous (IV) inoculation of cowpox virus Brighton Red strain in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) which resulted in disease similar in presentation to hemorrhagic smallpox in humans. IV inoculation of macaques resulted in a uniformly lethal disease within 12 days post-inoculation in two independent experiments. Clinical observations and hematological and histopathological findings support hemorrhagic disease. Cowpox virus replicated to high levels in blood (8.0-9.0 log(10) gene copies/mL) and tissues including lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, bone marrow, and lungs. This unique model of hemorrhagic orthopoxvirus infection provides an accessible means to further study orthopoxvirus pathogenesis and to identify virus-specific and nonspecific therapies. Such studies will serve to complement the existing nonhuman primate models of more classical poxviral disease. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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