Vaccine stabilizer containing L-glutamic acid and L-arginine

A liquid vaccine comprising an inactivated or attenuated virus and a stabilizer consisting essentially of on a parts by weight basis from about 1.5 to about 2.1 parts partially hydrolyzed gelatin having a molecular weight of about 3,000, from about 7.0 to about 13.0 parts of a monosaccharide or disaccharide from about 0.4 to about 0.6 parts of an in vitro cell culture medium, from about 0.35 to about 0.7 part L-glutamic acid, from about 0.75 to about 1.3 parts L-arginine, and an amount of a physiologically acceptable acidic buffer effective to maintain the pH to from about 6.0 to about 6.5.