Viral plaque is made in lab for -: (A) Quantitative assay of infectivity of virus, (B) Diagnosis of virus, (C) Qualitative assay of infectivity of virus, (D) Type of virus
Answer is A. Quantitative assays measure the actual number of infectious paicles in the inoculum includes 2 methods-plaque assay and pock assay. REF:ANATHANARAYAN AND PANIKER'S TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 8TH EDITION PAGE NO:437