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pfu

pfu

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Noun

pfu (plural pfus)

  1. Abbreviation of plaque-forming unit.
    • 2015, Shanmuga Sozhamannan et al., “Evaluation of Signature Erosion in Ebola Virus Due to Genomic Drift and Its Impact on the Performance of Diagnostic Assays”, in Viruses, volume 7, DOI:10.3390/v7062763:
      The LoD for the Ebola Zaire-MGB assay was 1 pfu/mL with Makona and 10 pfu/mL with Kikwit templates.