Preferred Label : serial passage;
MeSH definition : Inoculation of a series of animals or in vitro tissue with an infectious bacterium
or virus, as in VIRULENCE studies and the development of vaccines.;
MeSH synonym : passage, serial; passages, serial; serial passages;
MeSH annotation : restrict to in vivo or in vitro passage of infectious organisms or develop of vaccines:
do not use for passage of cultured cells, cell lines, etc.; NIM; coord with organism
or vaccine (IM);
Origin ID : D012692;
UMLS CUI : C0036718;
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Inoculation of a series of animals or in vitro tissue with an infectious bacterium
or virus, as in VIRULENCE studies and the development of vaccines.