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Pigs were infected with the porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) by the oronasal route. We studied the development of histological lesions, sites of virus infection and of inflammatory infiltrates by quantitative evaluation of reactive cells. The animals developed a multifocal interstitial pneumonia. Clinical signs of pneumonia were observed from day 7 to 21. In the first stage, an acute alveolitis was found, which was characterised by a hyperplasia of type II pneumocytes within the septa and an accumulation of macrophages in the alveolar spaces. Within 2–4 days p.i., virus infected cells were prominent in lymphatic organs, but their number declined rapidly during the following days. In the following period, the number of virus antigen positive cells increased in the lung. An interesting discrepancy existed between the relatively small number of virus specific cells and the degree of intensive pneumonia. As a first step to analyse mechanisms leading to the induction of pneumonia, we studied transcriptional expression of cytokines and other immunomodulatory molecules by semiquantitative RT-PCR.
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- Alveolar Macrophage
- Interstitial Pneumonia
- Alveolar Space
- Transcriptional Expression
- Respiratory Syndrome Virus
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Beyer, J. et al. (1998). Arterivirus PRRSV. In: Enjuanes, L., Siddell, S.G., Spaan, W. (eds) Coronaviruses and Arteriviruses. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 440. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5331-1_77
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