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Table 6 Yields Obtained with Influenza virus H5N1Strains Grown in Bagged ECE.

From: Gas-permeable ethylene bags for the small scale cultivation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and other viruses in embryonated chicken eggs

Strain	Specimen source	Log₁₀TCID₅₀/ml^a
A/Hong Kong/220/97	Chicken	9.0
A/Hong Kong/156/97	Human	9.4
A/Hunan/795/2002	Duck	9.0
A/Yunnan/1251/2003	Chicken	7.0
A/Vietnam/1203/2004	Human	8.3
A/Mongolia/244/2005	Whooper Swan	8.0
A/Iraq/207-NAMRU3/2006	Human	10.0
A/Hong Kong/45/2006	Scaly Breasted Munia	8.0
A/Hong Kong/645/2006	Common Magpie	10.0
A/Hong Kong/1038/2006	Japanese White Eye	10.0
A/Hong Kong/D-06-0947/2006	Chicken	8.0
A/Korea/IS/2006	Chicken	9.0

^aTCID₅₀/ml of CAS fluids in MDCK cells in serum-free growth medium plus trypsin. CAS fluids were pooled from four ECE and harvested 48 - 72 hrs after infection of 9-day old ECE with 10² to 10³ TCID₅₀ units of virus and incubation at 37°C.

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