L20B cells simplify culture of polioviruses from clinical samples

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-192

  Wood, D J ^a   Hull, B ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b Expanded Programme on Immunisation   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Hep2 cell line; L20B cell line; Poliovirus; RD cell line

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; L CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0032934175     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<188::AID-JMV15>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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