Microwave radiation: a useful fixation method for viral vaccine quantitation.
As an alternative to the formalin fixation of cells before staining, microwave irradiation was found a very advantageous fixation procedure in viral vaccine quantitation assays. The use of microwaves allows to avoid dangerous chemicals and thereby reduces time and equipment.
Husson van Vliet
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Institut d'Hygiène et d'Epidémiologie, Département Microbiologie, Brussels, Belgium.
D002138:Calibration; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000528:radiation effects; D005404:Fixatives; D008872:Microwaves; D013696:Temperature; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000032:analysis*
D005404:Fixatives; D014765:Viral Vaccines