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. 2008 Apr 15;26(26):3297–3304. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.03.076

Table 2.

Individual scores for each characteristic evaluated and overall process scores for each pathogen according to a conventional egg-based, vaccine-manufacturing scenario (egg > egg)

Virus group Virus family Type/species Individual score for each characteristic evaluated
Process score Rank
General growth properties
Viral growth in cell substrate
Process resistance
Growth speed and titres Cell-free transmission Isolation (eggs) Propagation (eggs) Stability Inactivation Splitting
-RNA Paramyxoviridae Pneumovirus/hRSV 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.01 24
Metapneumovirus 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.04 22
Parainfluenzavirus 2 1 2 2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.30 11
Mumps virus 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.10 18
Measles virus 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.05 19



+RNA Coronaviridae HCoV, SARS-CoV 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.05 19
Togaviridae Rubella virus 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.05 19
Picornaviridae Human enterovirus 2 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.3 1 0.90 9
Rhinovirus 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.1 1 0.20 14



ss RNA(RT) Retroviridae Avian retrovirus 1 0.5 2 2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.45 10
Human retrovirus 1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.02 23



ds RNA Reoviridae Mammalian reovirus 2 1 1 1 1.5 0.5 1 4.50 4
Avian reovirus 2 1 2 2 1.5 0.5 1 9.00 1
Birnaviridae Avian birnavirus 2 1 2 2 1.5 0.5 1 9.00 1



ss DNA Parvoviridae MVM 1 1 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.1 1 0.30 11
Circoviridae Avian circovirus 1 1 1 1 1.5 0.3 1 1.80 5
Porcine circovirus 0.5 0.5 0 0 1.5 0.3 1 0.00 24



ds DNA Herpesviridae Herpes simplex virus 2 1 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.50 6
Varicella zoster virus 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 13
EBV, CMV, HHV-6-8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.13 17
Adenoviridae Human adenovirus 2 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 1.50 6
Polyomaviridae JC/BK virus, SV40 1 1 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 1 1.50 6
Avian polyomavirus 2 1 2 2 1.5 0.5 1 9.00 1



Other agents Mycoplasma spp. 1 0.5 2 2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.15 15
Chlamydia spp. 1 0.5 2 2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.15 15

CMV, cytomegalovirus; ds, double-stranded; EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; HCoV, human coronavirus; HHV, human herpes virus; hRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; MVM, minute virus of mice; SARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; ss, single-stranded; SV40, simian virus 40.