Multiple choice

Which of the following viruses is used to make inactivated Salk polio vaccine?

  1. Herpesvirus

  2. Adenovirus

  3. Simian virus 40

  4. Polyomavirus

  5. Papillomavirus
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C Correct answer
Explanation

SV40 virus was initially discovered in the rhesus monkey kidney cells that were used to make inactivated Salk polio vaccine virus.

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