| latent infection and measles meningoencephalitis in syrian hamsters. | a strain designated 42-edmonston was isolated from the brain of a syrian hamster 30 days after inoculation during the neonatal period with the reference "wild" measles virus strain edmonston which produced a latent infection accompanied by production of measles antibody and insignificant pathomorphological changes. intracerebral inoculation with the 42-edmonston strain of newborn, one day-and 5-7-day-old syrian hamsters resulted in the development of acute measles encephalitis with typical clini ... | 1977 | 18920 |