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. 1998;39(4):266-271.
doi: 10.1093/ilar.39.4.266.

Risks of Infection among Laboratory Rats and Mice at Major Biomedical Research Institutions

Robert O. Jacoby  1 , J. Russell Lindsey
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Risks of Infection among Laboratory Rats and Mice at Major Biomedical Research Institutions

Robert O. Jacoby et al. ILAR J. 1998.
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Figure 1
Diagnostic testing of laboratory rats and mice: frequency of use and prevalence of users. Data represent 72 survey respondents.
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Figure 2
Sources of cost recovery for diagnostic testing of laboratory rats and mice. Data represent 72 survey respondents.
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Figure 3
Staffing for diagnostic laboratories that test rats and mice, expressed as full-time equivalents (FTEs). Data represent 72 survey respondents.
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Figure 4
Prevalence of diagnostic procedures available among respondent institutions using laboratory rats and mice. Prevalence is the percentage of 72 respondent institutions in which corresponding conditions were present.
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Figure 5
Prevalence of infectious agents in specific pathogen-free mice. Prevalence is the percentage of 72 respondent institutions in which corresponding conditions were present. MCMV, mouse cytomegalovirus; MHV, mouse hepatitis virus; Parvo, minute virus of mice+mouse parvovirus; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus. The prevalence of cilia-associated respiratory bacillus, lactic dehydrogenase-elevating virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and Sendai virus infections among institutional SPF colonies was 0%.
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Figure 6
Prevalence of infectious agents in non-specific pathogen-free mice. Data represent 72 survey respondents. CAR, cilia-associated respiratory; LCM, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; LDH-E, lactic dehydrogenase-elevating virus; MHV, mouse hepatitis virus; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus. The prevalence of mouse cytomegalovirus and ectromelia virus infections was 0%.
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Figure 7
Prevalence of infectious agents in non-specific pathogen-free rats. Data represent 72 survey respondents. CAR, cilia-associated respiratory; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus.
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Figure 8
Prevalence of infectious agents in specific pathogen-free rats. Data represent 72 survey respondents. Corona includes sialodacryrodacryoadenitis virus and rat coronavirus; Parvo includes rat virus, H-1 virus, and rat parvovirus. CAR, cilia-associated respiratory; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus. The prevalence of mycoplasmosis was 0%.
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Figure 9
Prevalence of risk because 1 or more agents are “on campus” in specific pathogen-free (SPF) or non-SPF mice. Data represent 72 survey respondents. CAR, cilia-associated respiratory; LCM, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; LDH-E, lactic dehydrogenase- elevating virus; MCMV, mouse cytomegalovirus; MTV, mouse thymic virus; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus.
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Figure 10
Prevalence of risk because 1 or more agents are “on campus” in specific pathogen-free (SPF) or non-SPF rats. Data represent 72 survey respondents. CAR, cilia-associated respiratory; PVM, pneumonia virus of mice; TMEV, Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus.
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