| fetal infection of the baboon (papio cynocephalus) with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. | recent observations of lcm-induced fetal damage in humans suggested attempts to develop an animal model for studies on viral congenital malformations. we report herein viral studies on three pregnant baboons (papio cynocephalus) inoculated subcutaneously with lcm virus strain we3. the first animal, inoculated in the 9th week of pregnancy, aborted 9 days after a high virus dose. inoculation of the second baboon during a later stage (23rd week) of pregnancy with a moderate virus dose, resulted in ... | 1979 | 116625 |