The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 52, 465-470,
Copyright, 1930, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
CULTIVATION OF VACCINE VIRUS
C. P. Li M.D.1 and
T. M. Rivers M.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1. A strain of neurovaccine virus was cultivated in a medium consisting of minced chick embryo suspended in Tyrode's solution.
2. The virus upon cultivation apparently lost none of its essential characteristics.
3. The culture virus can be preserved and stored for long periods of time. Furthermore, the preserved virus can be used to initiate fresh cultures.
Submitted on June 20, 1930