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A thermoresistant strain of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) with an altered cytopathic effect and a restricted cell tropism.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1998
Alix C, Koehren F, Martin J P, Kirn A, Braunwald J
Abstract excerpt
A thermoresistant strain, designated m41, of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was selected after 31 successive passages of chronically infected IRC4 cells at 41 degrees C. The wild-type virus (wt) which served as a control was cultivated the same number of times at 37 degrees C. In Crandell feline kidney cells (CrFK), the replication of m41 was similar at 37 degrees C and 41 degrees C, whereas wt multiplied...
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