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Gastrointestinal invasion by herpes simplex virus type 1 inoculated cutaneously into the immunosuppressed mice

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The pathogenesis of infection in mice with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) strain 7401H was studied. Mice immunosuppressed by intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide were inoculated cutaneously into the flank with the virus and developed severe zosteriform skin lesions. All of them died within 2 weeks after the infection, while most of the normal mice survived the viral infection with healing of the lesions. In the gastrointestinal tract of the immunosuppressed mice, macroscopic abnormalities were frequently observed, and infectious viruses were detected on days 7 to 9. The viruses were also detectable in the dorsal root ganglia and the spinal cord of thoracolumbar area on days 5 to 7, and in the celiac plexus on day 7. However, no viruses were detected in the blood. Immunohistological examination of the gastrointestinal tract revealed that the viral antigens were localized in Auerbach's myenteric plexus. These results suggest that HSV-1 inoculated into the flank skin invaded the gastrointestinal tract via the nervous system, which gastrointestinal involvement might possibly have caused the death of the mice.

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    H. Takase, E. Yamamura, Y. Murakami, T. Ikeuchi & Y. Osada

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Takase, H., Yamamura, E., Murakami, Y. et al. Gastrointestinal invasion by herpes simplex virus type 1 inoculated cutaneously into the immunosuppressed mice. Archives of Virology 134, 97–107 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01379110

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