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. 1965 Jan;13(1):70–72. doi: 10.1128/am.13.1.70-72.1965

β-Propiolactone Decontamination of Simian Virus-40 as Determined by a Rapid Fluorescent-Antibody Assay

S I Levine 1, N R Goulet 1, O C Liu 1
PMCID: PMC1058192  PMID: 14264849

Abstract

β-Propiolactone vapor treatment of vaccine production facilities has been shown to be approximately 90% effective in the elimination of large quantities of Simian virus-40 (SV40). The use of a rapid fluorescent-antibody assay for the detection of SV40 was also studied.

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