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Dane particle

n :  a spherical particle found in the serum in hepatitis B that is the virion of the causative virus
 
Dane, David Maurice Surrey (b 1923),
British pathologist. A group of British scientists, led by Dane, discovered the Dane particle in 1970. By 1974 the viral identity of the particle had been confirmed by scientists.
 
 

 
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