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Recovery of cell-free varicella virus from Vero cells

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The replication of varicella virus in Vero cells was studied and improved conditions for preparation of cell-free virus were defined.

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  1. Public Health Research Institute of Kawasaki City, Kawasaki, Japan

    M. Saito, C. Haruyama & H. Ohba

  2. The Kitasato Institute, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan

    S. Makino & M. Matumoto

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  1. M. Saito
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Saito, M., Haruyama, C., Ohba, H. et al. Recovery of cell-free varicella virus from Vero cells. Archives of Virology 68, 59–63 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315168

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