Journal article
Contrasting effects of rabbit and human platelets on chikungunya virus infectivity
Abstract
Chikungunya virus infectivity was markedly stabilized in the presence of washed suspensions of human platelets but rapidly disappeared in similar preparations of rabbit platelets. Supernatant fluids collected from human platelets had some stabilizing effect on chikungunya virus over a 6-day incubation period at 37 degrees C. Rabbit platelet supernatant fluid had no virus-stabilizing effect, nor did it demonstrate any capacity to inactivate …
Authors
Chernesky MA; Larke RP
Journal
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 1237–1244
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
September 1, 1977
DOI
10.1139/m77-185
ISSN
0008-4166