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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1999
Louis Potash, Bethesda, MD (US);
Robert M Chanock, Bethesda, MD (US);
Robert H Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Albert Z Kapikian, Rockville, MD (US);
Dyncorp, Reston, VA (US);
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (US);
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.