Plaque assay for avian metapneumovirus using a Japanese quail fibrosarcoma cell line (QT-35)

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Sabara, Marta I ^a   Larence, June E ^a  

^a Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian metapneumovirus; Japanese quail fibrosarcoma cell line (QT 35); Plaquing

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSARCOMA; FOWL; INCUBATION TIME; JAPAN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; STAINING; TIME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FIBROSARCOMA; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PLAQUE ASSAY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PHASIANIDAE; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 0037210617     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(02)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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