Table 1

The appearance and clearance of HSV-1 antigen positive cells and 'focal' areas of viral antigen positive cells throughout the brains of inbred strains of mice

Mouse strain^a

Initial appearance of viral

antigen positive

cells throughout the brains

Clearance of viral antigen throughout the brain (days PI)

RTNBST^b

BST^c

CB^d

CR^e (days PI)

BL/6

3

-

-

-

12

BALB/c

3

3

6

7

18

SJL/J

6

6

7

8

21

A/J

3

3

6

7

21

PL/J

3

3

5

6

21

Mouse strain^a ext

Initial appearance of 'focal' areas of viral antigen positive cells throughout the brain

Clearance of viral antigen throughout the brain (days PI)

RTNBST^a

BST^b

CB^c

CR^d (days PI)

BL/6

-

-

-

-

12

BALB/c

5

-

-

-

18

SJL/J

9

9

12

15

21

A/J

5

5

9

12

21

PL/J

5

5

6

9

21

^aTen-12 week ♀ inbred mice were infected with HSV-1 strain 2 via the oral mucosa. Three mice of each strain were examined every 3 days or as necessary from Day 0 through 30 PI.

^bRoots of the trigeminal nerve in the brainstem

^cBrainstem

^dCerebellum

^eCerebral hemispheres

Kastrukoff et al. Herpesviridae 2012 3:4   doi:10.1186/2042-4280-3-4