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Poliovirus can be grown in cultured monkey kidney cells through repeated passages , resulting in virus that is no longer neurovirulent. This virus can be used as a vaccine because it has become A) attenuated
B) defective
C) inactivated
D) latent
E) recombinant



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  #2

a

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  #3

how just culturing a virus makes it attenuated?!!!

how about choice B?


  #4

e

  #5

slacker plz explain ur answer

  #6

A

Multiple cultures of virus or bacterium in other species's organs decrease its activities and toxicity in human bodies.

e.g. BCG is Myco. Tuberculosis cultured 23-30 times


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How just culturing make the virus attenuated? I'm really surprised. What's the rational behind it?????







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