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ARBOVIRUSES are rather labile viruses which are inactivated easily by several physical, chemical and biological agents. Cheng1 showed that proteolytic enzymes destroy the infectivity and haemagglutinin of group B arbovirus but not those of group A. Thus the two groups could be differentiated on a structural basis.
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Cheng, P. Y., Virology, 6, 129 (1958).
Mussgay, M., and Rott, R., Virology, 23, 573 (1964).
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HANNOUN, C. Arbovirus Haemagglutinins: Differential Susceptibility to Trypsin. Nature 219, 753–755 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219753a0
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