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THE ISOLATION OF BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER VIRUS IN CELL CULTURES AND EVIDENCE FOR AUTOINTERFERENCE
Author(s) -
Tzipori S
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1975.30
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , ephemeral key , virology , virus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology
Summary Bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) virus was isolated from infected fresh cattle blood directly into Vero cell cultures. One cycle of rapid freezethaw destroyed the infectivity of the virus to Vero cells. The infectivity to baby mice by intracerebral inoculation, on the other hand, was only reduced. The occurrence of autointerferencc due to the presence of defective interfering particles in cell culture was also noted. BEF virus strain 919 was propagated to some extent in bovine kidney, testis and synovial cell monolayers, producing cytopathic effect (CPE) in 24 h. However, the CPE was nonprogressive and the addition of actinomycin D to the medium improved the virus titre only slightly.