Article
Molecular analysis of yellow fever virus 17DD vaccine strain.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2000
Post P R, Santos C N, Carvalho R, Lopes O S, Galler R
Abstract excerpt
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation produces most of the yellow fever (YF) vaccine prepared worldwide. As part of a broader approach to determine the genetic variability in YF 17D seeds and vaccines and its relevance to viral attenuation the 17DD virus was purified directly from chick embryo homogenates which is the source of virus used for vaccination of millions of people in Brazil and other countries for half a...
Topics
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genetic Variation
- RNA, Viral
- Viral Envelope Proteins
- Viral Vaccines
- Yellow fever virus