Quality-controlled virus stock propagation
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BSL2, BSL3 and Select Agent
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Tissue culture propagation
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Chicken egg propagation
Viral load quantification
- Plaque/focus forming unit assays
- Tissue culture infectious dose 50% assays
- Hemagglutination units assay
Virus serology assays
- Hemagglutination inhibition assay
- MicroNeutralization assay
- Plaque reduction neutralization test
In vivo challenge models including sample procurement and processing from infected animals (see Animal Support)
- Human influenza in ferrets
- Mouse-adapted influenza in mice
- Rabbitpox in rabbits
Development of project-specific virology support assays
- Track record working with flaviviruses, human cytomegalovirus, influenza viruses, human rotavirus, poxviruses, and vesicular stomatitis virus