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. 1969 Aug;4(2):147–153. doi: 10.1128/jvi.4.2.147-153.1969

Relative Sensitivities of Viruses to Different Species of Interferon

William E Stewart II 1, Woodie D Scott 1, S Edward Sulkin 1
PMCID: PMC375849  PMID: 4308914

Abstract

Some viruses were found to be more sensitive than others to the action of interferons from certain species of animals but less sensitive to interferons from other species. Vaccinia virus was the most sensitive to mouse and hamster interferons of five viruses tested, but the least sensitive of these five viruses to human, rabbit, and bat interferons. The relative sensitivities of the viruses to interferons were found to be characteristic for each of the species tested, with those closely related phylogenetically exhibiting similar patterns of relative interferon-induced virus resistance. The amount of synthetic double-stranded polynucleotide polyinosinic acid-polycytidylic acid required to induce resistance to each of the viruses in each of the cell species correlated with the interferon sensitivities of the viruses.

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