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Some characteristics of salt-dependent haemagglutinating measles viruses.

P V Shirodaria·E Dermott·E A Gould
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Abstract

Several strains of measles virus which did not agglutinate monkey erythrocytes in phosphate-buffered saline did so in buffer containing 0-8 M-ammonium sulphate. Haemadsorption to cells infected with these viruses was also salt-dependent. In a series of tests salt-dependent agglutinin was shown to be a stable structural component of the infectious virion. The relevance of these findings is discussed in the light of previous reports that many measles virus preparations do not agglutinate erythrocytes.

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Ammonium SulfateAnimalsCell LineEpitopesErythrocytesHaplorhiniHemadsorptionHemagglutination, ViralHemagglutinins, ViralMeasles virusJournal Article

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P V Shirodaria, E Dermott, E A Gould. 1976. Some characteristics of salt-dependent haemagglutinating measles viruses.. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-33-1-107

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