Swiss albino male mice were administered two doses (1 and 2 HA units) of influenza A2 Hong Kong/68 virus IP. The incidence of chromosomal anomalies in spermatocytes was analysed at various times post infection and was found to be significantly higher than in controls, indicating that the influenza v
Cytogenetic effects of inactivated influenza virus on male germ cells of mice
β Scribed by Meneka A. Thadani; Hanumanlu Polasa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 294 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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β¦ Synopsis
Earlier we reported that both actively replicating (A2 and B) and live but nonreplicating (C) strains of influenza virus induced significant percentages of chromosome aberrations in the spermatogonia of the infected mice, suggesting that virus replication was not essential for the induction of chromosome aberrations. In the present communication, data are presented to demonstrate that the inoculation of formaldehyde-inactivated A2 Hong Kong influenza virus also induced higher percentages of chromosome aberrations in mouse spermatogonia than were seen in controls.
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Evidence is presented to demonstrate that replicating (A2 and B) and nonreplicating (C) strains of influenza virus were capable of inducing higher percentages of chromosomes anomalies in spermatocytes of mice inoculated either IP or IN than were seen in controls.