Unintended spread of a biosafety level 2 recombinant retrovirus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Contamination of vertebrate cell lines with animal retroviruses has been documented repeatedly before. Although such viral contaminants can be easily identified with high sensitivity by PCR, it is impossible to screen for all potenti...

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Main Authors: Liffers Sven-T, Stühler Kai, Meyer Helmut E, Dermietzel Rolf, Brandt Sabine, Petrasch-Parwez Elisabeth, Stang Alexander, Überla Klaus, Grunwald Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/86