Particles similar to mouse leukaemia virus in Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma and in reticulum cell noeplasms type B. An electron microscopic study in mice.

Abstract

Particles with morphological features similar to mouse leukaemia virus have been detected in a transplant of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma (EAC) and in two reticulum cell neoplasms (RCN) of histological type B. One RCN arose in a mouse subsequent to inoculation with vital EAC cells; the other, in a sham-treated mouse. The virus is considered a possible agent causing enhanced development of reticulum cell neoplasms.