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Infect Immun. 1972 June; 5(6): 961-967
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characteristics of a Swine Papovavirus

^a Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229

ABSTRACT

A new member of the papovavirus group has been isolated and appears to infect swine. The new agent, tentatively named swine papovavirus, appears to be very defective and replicates only within a very narrow host cell range. The original source of the isolate is under investigation. Preliminary evidence suggests that the origin of swine papovavirus is either a stable pig kidney cell line or pancreas-derived trypsin

¹ A portion of this work shall be presented in a dissertation to be submitted by J. T. Newman in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio 78229.