PFU

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Acronym	Definition
PFU	Pressens Faglige Utvalg (Norwegian: Press Complaints Commission)
PFU	Pink Fluffy Unicorn
PFU	Print Format Utility
PFU	Plaque Forming Unit
PFU	Pyrococcus Furiosus
PFU	Partner Firmware Update (Hewlett-Packard)
PFU	Private Finance Unit (UK)
PFU	Programmable Function Unit
PFU	Physical Fitness Uniform
PFU	Particle Flux Unit
PFU	Plan de Formation de l'Unité (French: Training Plan of Unity)
PFU	Proto-Fenno-Ugric (linguistics)
PFU	Plan For Use
PFU	Parts Followup
PFU	Proto-Flight Unit
PFU	Probability of Frame Unavailability
PFU	Position Fix Update (GPS)
PFU	Pretty Fouled Up (polite form)
PFU	Paging File Utilization (Norton System Doctor Win2000)

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The antiviral activity of oral drops and dry extract was measured with plaque-reduction assays (Cooper 1955) in plaque forming units (PFU) for FluA and pFluA, Para 3, RSV, HRV 14, CA9 or with the analyses of a cytopathogenic effect (CPE) for Adeno 5.

Antiviral activity in vitro of two preparations of the herbal medicinal product Sinupret[R] against viruses causing respiratory infections

Approximately one hundred plaque forming units (PFU) of HSV types were adsorbed for 1 h at 37 C on confluent Vero cells (MEM; Gibco, Carlsbad, USA) and 1.5% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC, Sigma(r), USA).

The Antioxidant and Anti-Herpes Simplex Viruses Activity of Morus alba Leaves Extract

Many experimentally infected birds developed mosquito-infectious levels of viremia (> [10.sup.5] WNV plaque forming units per ml serum) within 5 days postinoculation (DPI), and/or shed virus per os or per cloaca.

J Wildl Dis: Natural and experimental West Nile virus infection in five raptor species

They put two million plaque forming units of influenza A - H5N1 - on samples of common, pure copper sheet metal and on common stainless steel.

Copper help to fight flu

Effect of SBTLAE extract and Ribavirin on Dengue virus-infected cells were determined as plaque forming units (PFU) per milliliter.

Effect of Hippophae rhamnoides leaf extract against Dengue virus infection in human blood-derived macrophages