Infection of Hela cells with a virulent and an attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus studied by electron microscopy.
Hollow-core particles, forming crystals in nuclei, prevailed in HeLa cells infected with an attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV). After infection with a virulent PRV strain, the cells contained mainly fully infectious dense-core particles. These findings might explain the lower susceptibility of HeLa and some other human cells to infection with attenuated strains of PRV as compared to virulent strains.
Infection of Hela cells with a virulent and an attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus studied by electron microscopy. Hollow-core particles, forming crystals in nuclei, prevailed in HeLa cells infected with an attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV). After infection with a virulent PRV strain, the cells contained mainly fully infectious dense-core particles. These findings might explain the lower susceptibility of HeLa and some other human cells to infection with attenuated strains of PRV as compared to virulent strains.