Effect of magnesium sulfate on the reproduction of the measles virus in cell culture

: Magnesium sulphate in concentrations of 25-50 mM induced reproducible increase in titers of extracellular measles virus (by 0.5-2.0 1g TCD50/0.5 ml) in Japanese quail embryo cells. MgSO4 effect was observed with all methods of cell cultivation: stationary, roller, or on microcarriers. Its effect was associated not with its stabilizing influence on the extracellular virus but rather with the stimulation of the synthesis of intracellular viral proteins.