ISOLATION OF VIRUSES FROM SEWAGE, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO POLIOVIRUS - EVALUATION OF THE SENSITIVITY OF 3 TISSUE-CULTURE METHODS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (6) , 937-943
Abstract
Using a special cell-line from Utrecht, derived from human amniotic cells, it was possible to isolate poliovirus selectivity when antisera against 6 types of coxsackievirus B were added to the tissue culture. The method was tested in connection with the epidemiological investigation of a poliomyelitis infection in Sweden during 1977. Poliovirus was present in all neighboring sewage plants, indicating a wide viral distribution in the area.