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Fixed rabies virus strains did not induce mitotic or chromosome abnormalities in infected WI-38 cultures. Infected cells were shown to undergo mitosis thus indicating an endosymbiotic type of infection.
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Majer, M., Herrmann, A. & Mauler, R. Results of chromosome analysis of rabies virus infected human diploid cells (WI-38). Archives of Virology 54, 255–257 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314792
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