Mouse Polyoma Virus

The mouse polyoma virus belongs to the genus polyomaviruses of the papovavirus family. This virus infects mice, causing them to develop polio, which leads to paralysis of the limbs. However, the pathogenicity of this virus for humans has not yet been established. Research has shown that the murine polyoma virus is unable to infect human cells because it uses mouse-specific receptors. However, scientists continue to study the possibility of this virus mutating to overcome the interspecies barrier and infect people. For now, we can conclude that the mouse polyoma virus does not pose a threat to human health.

Mouse polyoma virus

Polyoma virus is one of the best known and widespread viruses of mouse origin, which causes a significant number of pathological conditions in mice and rats. This virus has a high degree of hemagglutinating activity (HA), but it is weakly expressed in antigenic relationships: antibodies to polyoma virus rarely have an antigenic interaction. Among the infections that are caused by the polyoma virus, there are also those that are not related to the disease in animals. This type of virus was first discovered in 1900 in the spleens and lymph nodes of rodents, including mice and rats. Further research showed