Open AccessSendai virus propagation using chicken eggs
Author(s) -
Narihito Tatsumoto,
Moshe Arditi,
M Yamashita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bio-protocol
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2331-8325
DOI - 10.21769/bioprotoc.3009
Subject(s) - sendai virus , virus , virology , biology , paramyxoviridae , rna virus , mononegavirales , genome , viral disease , gene , genetics
Sendai virus is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae , and an enveloped virus with a negative-stranded RNA genome. Sendai virus is not pathogenic to humans, but for mice and can cause pneumonia in mice. Easy and efficient techniques for propagating Sendai virus are required for studying virus replication, virus-induced innate- and adaptive-immunity, Sendai-virus-based virotherapy and IgA nephropathy. Here, we describe a protocol for Sendai virus propagation using chicken eggs. This traditional protocol enables us to generate a large amount of virus enough for animal experiments as well as cell culture experiments in a relatively inexpensive way.