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  • Title: The effect of defective-interfering Semliki Forest virus on the histopathology of infection with virulent Semliki Forest virus in mice.
    Author: Crouch CF, Mackenzie A, Dimmock NJ.
    Journal: J Infect Dis; 1982 Sep; 146(3):411-6. PubMed ID: 6286798.
    Abstract:
    The majority of mice inoculated with a mixture of a lethal dose of virulent Semliki Forest virus (SFV) strain ts+ and defective-interfering (DI) SFV remained completely health, with virus infectivity levels in brain tissue reduced by 99.9%. The results of previous studies had suggested that these effects were primarily the result of the intrinsic interfering capacity of DI virus rather than of host defense responses. Because SFV strain ts+ and an avirulent strain of SFV have clearly distinguishable histopathologic effects in brain tissue, the capability of DI virus to change the virulent into the avirulent form of the disease was examined. Modulation of strain ts+ virus infection by DI virus was accompanied by a complete absence of histopathologic changes despite significant levels of infectious virus and thus differed qualitatively from infection with avirulent SFV. These results provide further evidence that the interference is not mediated through stimulation of an immune cell infiltration.
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