title: Polio vaccine and retroviruses.
abstract: In this paper we consider the main steps in the process of manufacture of oral polio vaccine and assess the probable clearance factor for HIV retrovirus at each step. We conclude that the processes employed would have eliminated retrovirus contamination for all practical purposes.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Horaud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D004340:Drug Contamination; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000379:methods*; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000821:virology; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral