Editing Laboratory mouse (section)

==Pathogen susceptibility==
A recent study detected a murine [[astrovirus]] in laboratory mice held at more than half of the US and Japanese institutes investigated.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ng TF, Kondov NO, Hayashimoto N, Uchida R, Cha Y, Beyer AI, Wong W, Pesavento PA, Suemizu H, Muench MO, Delwart E | display-authors = 6 | title = Identification of an astrovirus commonly infecting laboratory mice in the US and Japan | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 6 | pages = e66937 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23825590 | pmc = 3692532 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0066937 | bibcode = 2013PLoSO...866937N | doi-access = free }}</ref> Murine astrovirus was found in nine mice strains, including [[NSG mouse|NSG]], [[NOD-SCID]], [[NSG-3GS]], [[C57BL6]]-''Timp-3<sup>−/−</sup>'', [[uPA-NOG]], [[B6J]], ICR, [[Bash2]], and [[BALB/C]], with various degrees of prevalence. The pathogenicity of the murine astrovirus was not known.