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It seems desirable to cover interferon assays as a preliminary section to detailed description of the various components of the interferon system, because it is necessary that the reader understand what “an interferon unit” means and how it is derived to intelligably follow discussions of the relative merits of interferon inducers, the significance of specific activities of interferon preparations, or the relative interferon sensitivities of cells or viruses.
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Stewart, W.E. (1981). Interferon Assays. In: The Interferon System. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8615-2_2
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