Bulletin der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Schwabe. Basel : Schwabe
Frequency: Annual
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Author(s):
Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften.
Start Year:1944 - 1988
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0036-7494 (Print) 0036-7494 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7503414 |
| (OCoLC): | 01424942 |
| (DNLM): | B53140000(s) |
| Coden: | BSAMA5 |
| Classification: | W1 BU577 |
[Pathogenesis of equine infectious anemia (with reference to similar chronic viral infection)]. 1. Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is an immunologically-medicated disease. Immune complexes formed in blood and tissues are responsible for most symptoms and lesions (anemia, splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, glomerulonephritis, etc.). In addition, a state of cellular hypersensitivity of the delayed type is involved in the pathogenesis. 2. Periodical attacks of pyrexia and clinical illness in the presence of immunity are caused by antigenically-modified variants of virus. By means of immunosuppressive treatments similar relapses of fever associated with the appearance of new virus variants can be...