An Investigation on the Vertical Transmission of EHFV among the Mice in the Endemic Area
Abstract: The vertical transmission of epidemic haemorrhagic fever virus (EHFV) in mice has not been confirmed. From 1985 to 1986, We conducted the studies in epidemic fiels for getting a reliable answer to the above problem on the basis of a serial sludies in the laboratory. In our study IFA was adopted to detect the EHFV antibody and antigen; tissue culture technique was adopted to isolate EHFV from fetuses which were dissected from the uteri of infected mice. Our results are as follows : In the field study, the sp...