| hygienic monitoring of mongolian gerbils: which mouse viruses should be included? | the mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus) serves as an animal model for a wide range of diseases. a practical limitation in its use is the definition of the hygienic status, as not much is known about viruses that potentially infect gerbils and might be transmitted to other rodents. as successful re-derivation was recently described for gerbils, we now aimed at investigating which mouse viruses induce seroconversion in gerbils and might be transmitted to mice. gerbils were inoculated with vir ... | 2012 | 22334874 |