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detect a single infected cell in a microculture weil, and this improved specificity
enabled a more reliable LDV titration.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dr K. Anders and Dr J. Robin for their informations on LDV and for
providing LDV sampi es. This work was partially supported by the Conseil Général
de la Charente Maritime. S.H. Mortensen was founded by the Royal Norvegian
Council for Industrial and Scientific Research.
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