title: Adaptation of caprinised rinderpest virus to grow in Vero cells in vitro.
abstract: Caprinised rinderpest virus GTV strain (GTV) was adapted to grow in Vero cells (vGTV) by polyethylene glycol-mediated fusion of infected goat spleenocytes with non-infected Vero cells. The usual methods of infection of cell culture, i.e. virus adsorption or co-cultivation, were not successful. vGTV-induced cytopathic changes in Vero cells were similar to those reported for rinderpest virus. Virus titers increased with the passage number but the virulence for goats decreased. Immunoblot analysis did not reveal any difference between vGTV and vRBOK, the tissue culture rinderprest virus RBOK strain adapted to Vero cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Indian Veterinary Research Insitute, Nainital (UP), India.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Parida
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006041:Goats; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014709:Vero Cells