Elimination of Sendai (parainfluenza type 1) virus infection from mice by embryo transfer

Abstract

Preimplantation embryos collected from mice in the acute phase of Sendai virus infection were not infected. Transfer of embryos from infected donors did not transmit the virus to the recipient foster mothers or to her progeny. The pregnancies were normal with no differences in implantation rate or number of live births when compared with control transfer of embryos collected from non-infected donors.