Method for producing an adapted virus population from an African green monkey kidney cell line
AssigneesDyncorp, National Institutes of Health
InventorsLouis Potash, Robert M. Chanock, Robert H. Purcell, Albert Z. Kapikian
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Abstract
The invention described herein provides a method for selecting a novel African Green monkey kidney (AGMK) cell substrate, its cultivation and serial passage and its subsequent characterization. The invention provides a method for the use of the cell substrate in the isolation, growth and serial passage of a large number of viruses, particularly rotaviruses, enteroviruses, respiratory viruses and hepatitis A virus. The invention provides a method for the utilization of this AGMK cell substrate for the production of live and killed virus vaccines.
Claims12
A method for isolating a virus population adapted for growth on a cell line originating from the kidney of an African Green Monkey, wherein said cell line supports the growth of rotaviruses, astroviruses enteroviruses, polioviruses, respiratory viruses, and hepatitis A viruses, and wherein said cell line is substantially free of viable adventitious microbial agents, said method comprising the steps of:
- (i) inoculating said cell line with a sample containing an inoculum of a virus selected from the group consisting of rotaviruses, astroviruses, enteroviruses, polioviruses, respiratory viruses, and hepatitis A viruses;
- (ii) incubating the inoculated cell line to permit proliferation of said virus;
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- (iii) harvesting the adapted virus population thereby produced.
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