| This is your monkeypox infection with an adaptive immune response: |
This is your monkeypox infection without an adaptive immune response: |
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Any questions?
(From
Osorio, J., Iams, K., Meteyer, C., & Rocke, T. (2009). Comparison of Monkeypox Viruses Pathogenesis in Mice by In Vivo Imaging PLoS ONE, 4 (8) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006592.
Wild-type (immune-competent) mice (left) or SCID mice (no B or T cell response) were infected with monkeypox virus expressing luciferase. Mice on the left were uninfected controls. The colors show the presence of monkeypox virus in the mice, with intensity (redder) representing more virus. The SCID mice died on day 9, while the normal mice cleared the infection.)


Any questions?
What happened to the monkeys?
Is this engaging a humoral or a cellular response? Also, wouldn’t a recombinant generation yield a different result?
@Melissa A recombinant generation should get the sames results.