Publications
| ground squirrel hepatitis virus (gshv) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma in the canadian richardson ground squirrel (spermophilus richardsonii). | sera and livers from 40 richardson ground squirrels were examined for evidence of ground squirrel hepatitis virus (gshv) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma. twenty-five sera were obtained from fully grown adult ground squirrels and 15 from young ground squirrels estimated to be between 6-8 weeks of age. all animals had been caught in the wild and had spent less than 1 month in captivity. sixteen sera (40%) had at least one serologic marker of gshv (2 with gshv surface antigen, 3 gshv core an ... | 1986 | 3033421 |
| hepatocellular carcinoma in richardson's ground squirrels (spermophilus richardsonii): evidence for association with hepatitis b-like virus infection. | during studies of seasonal obesity, a high frequency of hepatic neoplasms was observed in richardson's ground squirrels. of 12 richardson's ground squirrels examined thoroughly, 7 had mild or moderate degrees of chronic portal hepatitis and 6 (50%) had hepatocellular carcinoma. serological tests for hepadnavirus surface antigen, anti-core antibody and virion dna that recognize the ground squirrel hepatitis virus of california ground squirrels (spermophilus beecheyi) were uniformly negative. sout ... | 1991 | 1646762 |