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. 2013 Jul;87(13):7680–7687. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00814-13

Table 1.

Effect of cholesterol on alphavirus fusion

Virus Viral titera
Ratiob
+cholesterol −cholesterol
SFV 9 × 107 8 × 102 1 × 105
CHIKV 9.7 × 107 2 × 102 5 × 105
SINV 4 × 106 9 × 102 4 × 103
a

Viral titers from fusion infection assays performed at pH 5.5 (SFV and CHIKV) or pH 5.0 (SINV).

b

Ratio of titers on cells ± cholesterol.