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C-Type Virus Released from Cultured Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells

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RD-114 virus, released from human rhabdomyosarcoma cells, has all the characteristics of a mammalian C-type virus. Immunological tests indicate that it differs from all known C-type viruses, and is the most likely candidate for a human C-type virus yet described.

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McALLISTER, R., NICOLSON, M., GARDNER, M. et al. C-Type Virus Released from Cultured Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells. Nature New Biology 235, 3–6 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio235003a0

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