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Phenotypic and genetic analyses of the heterogeneous population present in the cold-adapted master donor strain: A/Leningrad/134/17/57 (H2N2).
Virus research - 15 Jun 2004
Youil R, Kiseleva I, Kwan W-S, Szymkowiak C, Toner T J, Su Q, Klimov A, Rudenko L, Shaw A R
Abstract excerpt
For the past three decades the cold-adapted (ca) and temperature sensitive (ts) master donor strain, A/Leningrad/134/17/57 (H2N2) has been successfully used as the basis for the live attenuated reassortant influenza A vaccine. This donor strain was developed from A/Leningrad/134/57 (H2N2) wild-type (wt) virus following 17 passages in eggs at 25 degrees C. Our detailed investigation has revealed that the...
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