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

Table 4.

Process scores for manufacturing scenarios using different cell substrates for virus isolation and manufacturing

Virus group Virus family Type/species Process score for each manufacturing scenarioa
Average score for virus Rank
Egg > egg Egg > MDCK 33016 Egg > Vero Egg > Vero > MDCK 33016 Vero > MDCK 33016 Normal MDCK > MDCK 33016
-RNA Paramyxoviridae Pneumoviruses/hRSV 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.03 24
Metapneumovirus 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.05 23
Parainfluenzavirus 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.33 11
Mumps virus 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.13 16
Measles virus 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.09 19



+RNA Coronaviridae HCoV, SARS-CoV 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.08 21
Togaviridae Rubella virus 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.09 18
Picornaviridae Human enteroviruses 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.0 1.49 9
Rhinovirus 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.31 12



ss RNA (RT) Retroviridae Avian retroviruses 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.29 13
Human retroviruses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.02 25



ds RNA Reoviridae Mammalian reovirus 4.5 4.5 6.8 9.0 6.8 6.8 6.38 3
Avian reovirus 9.0 6.8 9.0 11.3 9.00 1
Birnaviridae Avian birnavirus 9.0 4.7 9.0 9.2 7.99 2



ss DNA Parvoviridae MVM 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.23 15
Circoviridae Avian circovirus 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.58 8
Porcine circovirus 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.26 14



ds DNA Herpesviridae Herpes simplex virus 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.63 7
Varicella zoster virus 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.46 10
EBV, CMV, HHV-6-8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.10 17
Adenoviridae Human adenovirus 1.5 0.9 3.8 3.9 3.2 1.7 2.48 5
Polyomaviridae JC/BK virus, SV40 1.5 0.9 3.8 3.9 3.2 0.9 2.35 6
Avian polyomavirus 9.0 4.7 5.6 5.9 6.30 4



Other agents Mycoplasma spp. 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.08 22
Chlamydia spp. 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.08 20



Summed process scores for each scenario 41 28 46 53 19 13

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

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Process scores have been rounded to one decimal place.