title: Effect of sucrose phosphate and sorbitol on infectivity of enveloped viruses during storage.
abstract: Cytomegalovirus and varicella-zoster virus recovery from sucrose phosphate (0.2 M SP) and 70% sorbitol (sorbitol) was compared after storage at -70, 4, and 20 degrees C over time. Recovery from 0.2 M SP was uniformly better. More tissue culture infective doses and infectious foci were recovered in cell monolayers inoculated with 0.2 M SP virus stocks as compared with viruses stored in 70% sorbitol. Although both viruses were isolated from diluted fresh stocks (10(-1) through 10(-4], freezing diluted virus suspensions generally resulted in diminished recovery. Similar stabilizing effects on respiratory syncytial virus and herpes simplex virus type 1 infectivities were observed when stocks were preserved in 0.2 M SP, as compared with 70% sorbitol. Overall, 0.2 M SP was better than 70% sorbitol for stabilizing cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and herpes simplex virus type 1 infectivities under the conditions tested.
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000187:drug effects; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014780:Viruses / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D013012:Sorbitol