Evaluation of three Copan viral transport systems for the recovery of cultivatable, clinical virus isolates

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Dunn, James J ^a,b   Billetdeaux, Erick ^a   Skodack Jones, Lisa ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b,c  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endpoint dilution assay; Half life; Hemagglutination; Viral transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0037347080     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00541-2     Document Type: Article

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