Tests with Inactivated Cricket Paralysis Virus as a Possible Immunogen against a Virus Infection of Galleria mellonella Larvae

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Abstract
The antibody-binding capacity of cricket paralysis virus was only slightly reduced by inactivation with heat or formaldehyde. G. mellonella larvae vaccinated with such inactivated cricket paralysis virus preparations and subsequently challenged with live homologous virus were not protected. [These findings may have relevance to the development, in host insects, of resistance to viruses used for biologic insect control.].