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However, the fact that only a small percentage of the B-cells showed evidence of CMV infection along with the lack of virus in the supernatant supports the probability that the CMV infection of the BJAB-B1 cells represents an abortive infection.
Until the end of the 18th century, England had projected little interest in Malaya, though the EIC had made an abortive attempt in 1773 to use North Borneo as a base for its China trade.
In order to determine if CMV was undergoing an abortive or replicative infection, separate CMV superinfection experiments were performed.
In 1946, the AFL-CIO launched "Operation Dixie," an abortive attempt to organize the entire region, but it collapsed when unions proved more interested in raiding other unions for members than in organizing new workers.
No CPE was observed in any of the fibroblast infections, suggesting that an abortive infection was occurring in the BJAB-B1 cells.