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Five out of seven American woodchucks inoculated with woodchuck hepatitis virus developed antigenemia after 2 to 13 weeks followed by an antibody response. One animal became a carrier, and another animal exhibited a primary antibody response. Clinical disease was not obvious and aminotransferase elevation could not be demonstrated. Liver biopsy showed mononuclear portal infiltration and little parenchymal cell necrosis.
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Lindberg, J., Pichoud, C., Hantz, O. et al. Woodchuck hepatitis virus infection: Serologic and histopathologic course and outcome. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 4, 59–61 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02148663
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