| isolation and experimental transmission of a reovirus pathogenic in ratsnakes (elaphe species). | a reovirus was isolated from juvenile moellendorff's ratsnakes (elaphe moellendorffi) and beauty snakes (elaphe taenuris) that died soon after importation into the usa. viper heart (vh2) cells inoculated with tissue homogenates showed cytopathic effects consisting of large syncytia formation followed by cell detachment from the monolayer. tissue culture supernatants failed to hemagglutinate guinea pig and chicken erythrocytes at room temperature. electron microscopy of purified virions revealed ... | 1999 | 10509725 |