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    The effects of diets enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on systemic vaccinia virus infection

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    Jones, Gwendolyn J. B.; Roper, Rachel L.
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    Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA, n-3 fatty acids), the key components of fish and flaxseed oils, are increasingly consumed by the public because of their potential health benefits and are available by prescription for hypertriglyceridemia. However, numerous studies have shown that these compounds are immunoregulatory and immunosuppressive and thus may increase susceptibility to infection. In this study, we tested the effects of the amount of fat and the types of fatty acid in the diet on infection by vaccinia virus, an acute infection that begins in the respiratory tract and spreads by viremia to internal organs. Male C57Bl6 mice (~5 week old) were fed for 3 weeks prior to infection and continuing during infection and recovery one of the following: 1) a normal low fat (13% kcal) diet, 2) a low fat diet containing n-3 PUFAs, 3) a high fat (41% kcal) diet rich in n-3 PUFAs, 4) a high fat n-6 PUFA diet, or 5) a high fat monounsaturated diet. We found no statistically significant differences in the susceptibility of mice to viral infection, morbidity, viral organ titers, recovery time, or mortality with these diets, indicating that, over this approximately 6-week time period, dietary fats did not substantially affect responses to poxviral infection.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8445
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    2017-11-22
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    Jones, Gwendolyn J. B., & Roper, Rachel L.. (November 2017). The effects of diets enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on systemic vaccinia virus infection. , (), - . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8445

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    Jones, Gwendolyn J. B., and Roper, Rachel L.. "The effects of diets enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on systemic vaccinia virus infection". . . (), November 2017. September 30, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8445.
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    Jones, Gwendolyn J. B. and Roper, Rachel L., "The effects of diets enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on systemic vaccinia virus infection," , no. (November 2017), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8445 (accessed September 30, 2023).
    AMA:
    Jones, Gwendolyn J. B., Roper, Rachel L.. The effects of diets enriched in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on systemic vaccinia virus infection. . November 2017; (): . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8445. Accessed September 30, 2023.
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