VIRAL PLASMACYTOSIS (ALEUTIAN DISEASE) IN MINK .6. DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE COOMBS TESTS IN EXPERIMENTAL INFECTIONS

  • 1 January 1966
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 30  (6) , 151-+
Abstract
Coombs tests became positive coincident with the development of plasmacytosis in experimentally infected mink. These observations are discussed as possible evidence of an auto-immune phenomenon. Several mechanisms are suggested in which a virus as primary etiologic agent might promote the observed plasmacytosis, hypergammaglobulinemia, and erythrocyte sensitization.