The occurrence of rabies virus in the different tissues of naturally infected dogs

Abstract

Rabies virus was isolated from the brain, parotid glands, oesophagus, mucus of the pharynx and oral cavities, supra-renal, gall bladder and tongue of a naturally infected dog by intracerebral inoculation in 4 and 21 day old mice. The strains of virus isolated from each tissue determined the appearance of Negri-bodies in the cytoplasm of the nerve cells of the brains of the inoculated mice.