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Host specificity of wound tumor virus and reoviruses and their serologic relationships

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Attempts to infect nymphs ofAgallia constricta, the insect vector of wound tumor virus, with small amounts of reovirus were unsuccessful. All three virus types used could be isolated one day after injection, but not 8, 15, and 22 days later. Reovirus was retained for over three weeks in cell cultures obtained fromA. constricta embryos. However, serial passages of the virus in leafhopper cell cultures indicated that this was probably not the result of virus multiplication but due to the stabilizing effect of the culture medium on the reovirus. No serological cross reactivity could be observed between wound tumor and reovirus in neutralization and hemagglutination inhibition tests.

After this paper had been submitted for publication,Gamez et al. (Virology32, 163, 1967) reported that no serological cross reaction occurred between wound tumor and reovirus in passive hemagglutination tests.

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  1. G. Streissle

    Present address: Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Yonkers, N. Y.

  2. T. Tokumitsu

    Present address: Zoological Institute Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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  1. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Yonkers, N. Y.

    L. Rosen & T. Tokumitsu

  2. Pacific Research Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    G. Streissle, L. Rosen & T. Tokumitsu

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Streissle, G., Rosen, L. & Tokumitsu, T. Host specificity of wound tumor virus and reoviruses and their serologic relationships. Archiv f Virusforschung 22, 409–416 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01242961

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