If you were trying to create an attenuated virus in order to develop a vaccine,which of the following strategies might you use?
A)Isolate the virus and inject it directly into a person.
B)Isolate the virus,destroy it with UV light,and inject it into a person.
C)Isolate the virus,expose it to a culture of bovine cells for several generations,and inject the live virus into a person.
D)Use mechanical forces to break the virus into smaller pieces,then inject these pieces into a person.

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Exposing the virus to a culture of cells from a different species, such as bovine cells, may lead to mutations that weaken the virus and make it less virulent. This technique is called serial passage and can be used to create an attenuated virus for vaccine development. Options A, B, and D are unlikely to lead to an attenuated virus and may even be harmful to the individual being injected.

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