id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-262514-1e2bc0bi Harrison, Alyne K Visceral target organs in systemic St. Louis encephalitis virus infection of hamsters 1982-12-31 .txt text/plain 3177 169 45 SLE virus causes a widespread infection in suckling mice and hamsters when it is inoculated by a peripheral route and involves numerous organs and tissues in addition to the CNS, the principal target when the virus is injected intracerebrally. Light microscopic observations were of little help in identifying major extraneural target organs and tissues in the clinically ill and moribund hamsters, but frozen-section immunofluorescence of all organ systems indicated significant virus growth in the pancreas, adrenal gland, small intestine, heart, skeletal muscle, and kidney. Immunofluorescence studies of mice experimentally infected with tick-borne encephalitis virus indicated that, in addition to the CNS, the peripheral nervous system, the special sensory nerve cells of the retina and olfactory mucosa, the secretory glands, the tubular epithelium of the kidney, and both striated and smooth muscle tissue were affected (Albrecht, 1960) . ./cache/cord-262514-1e2bc0bi.txt ./txt/cord-262514-1e2bc0bi.txt