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Interferon stimulated by Double Stranded RNA

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Interferon represents an interesting approach to the control of viral disease in man and his domestic animals, as this review shows, for it is a part of the animal's own recovery processes during naturally occurring infection and active against most viruses that cause acute infection.

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MERIGAN, T. Interferon stimulated by Double Stranded RNA. Nature 228, 219–222 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228219a0

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