A simple methodological approach for counting and identifying culturable viruses adsorbed to cellulose nitrate membrane filters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 194-198

  Papageorgiou, Georgios T ^a,b   Mocé Llivina, Laura ^b   Christodoulou, Christina G ^c   Lucena, Francisco ^b   Akkelidou, Dina ^a   Ioannou, Eleni ^a   Jofre, Juan ^b  

^a State General Laboratory of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; PYROXYLIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0342980387     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.194-198.2000     Document Type: Article

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