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- CPE | cytopathic effect
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- Definition any structural change in a host cell resulting from viral infection Reference "Cytopathic effect (CPE)". Encyclopaedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/148948/cytopathic-effect-CPE [22.12.2014]
- Comment CPE occurs when the infecting virus causes lysis (dissolution) of the host cell or when the cell dies without lysis because of its inability to reproduce.