ESwab challenges influenza virus propagation in cell cultures

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 50, 2014, Pages

  Trebbien, R ^a   Andersen, B ^a   Ronn J ^a   McCauley, J ^b   Kolsen Fischer T ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84922021723     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.50.20995     Document Type: Article

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