Creatinine, Potassium, and Virus Content of the Muscles Following Infection with the "Coxsackie Virus."

Abstract

Infection of unweaned mice with certain strains of "Coxsackie virus" is followed by loss of muscle K and creatinine and by creatinuria. The muscles of paralyzed mice are roughly 10,000 times as infectious for suckling mice as the brains of similar animals.