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Classification of an avian virus by electron microscopy

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A virus isolated from chicken feces in cell cultures of trypsinized chicken kidney was examined electronmicroscopically. The size was 71 mμ ±3 mμ, and the number of capsomers was estimated to 252 arranged as triangular facets in a cubic symmetry and with an hexagonal outline. No envelope was found. It was therefore suggested to classify the AD-1 virus as a chicken adenovirus.

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  1. Pran Nath Khanna

    Present address: Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar-Kumaon, India

  2. Ebba Lund Ph.D.

    Present address: Depart. Vet. Virology and Immunology, Royal Vet. and Agricult. College of Copenhagen, Denmark

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  1. Municipal Virological Laboratory and the Department of Virology, Institutes of Medical Microbiology of the University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Pran Nath Khanna & Ebba Lund Ph.D.

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Khanna, P.N., Lund, E. Classification of an avian virus by electron microscopy. Archiv f Virusforschung 20, 387–391 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01241957

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