Aluminum can be used as a marker to differentiate and separate attenuated from virulent type 1 and 2 polioviruses based on thermal stabilization.
Aluminum stabilization may differentiate poliovirus strains in vitro; leaves open any role in vaccine development or diagnostics.
A new character, the A marker, for polioviruses is described. In the presence of Al(+++) (1 to 100 mM) attenuated, but not virulent, strains of type 1 and type 2 polioviruses are stabilized so that they resist thermal inactivation at 50 degrees C. Differences between the attenuated and virulent type 3 strains studied were of the opposite character and less marked. By the use of optimal concentrations of Al(+++) (12 mM for type 1 and 1 mM for type 2) attenuated strains can be separated from mixtures containing virulent type 1 or 2 strains. The A marker was found to be correlated with the d but not the rct/40 or T marker. The A marker has been used for following genetic changes of vaccine strains after their multiplication in man.
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