Bacteriophages, viral vaccines, and poliovirus

The readers of virology blog are a savvy group – they determined that the bacteriophages present in viral vaccines originate from bovine serum present in cell culture medium. Animal virus vaccines prepared in cell cultures are contaminated with the bacteriophages, which are not removed when the harvests are sterilized by filtration. But what is the …

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