Virus Susceptibility of a New Simian Cell Line of Fetal Origin
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- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 25 (2) , 275-278
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.25.2.275-278.1973
Abstract
The cultivation and characterization of a cell line derived from the foreskin of a fetal, rhesus monkey (rhfs2) are described. This cell line has proven satisfactory for isolation and assay of a variety of viral agents of human and simian origin. Virus titrations performed on foreskin cells yielded titers comparable to, or higher than, those obtained in rhesus monkey kidney cells (LLC-MK2). Replicate isolation attempts in our laboratory from simian clinical specimens have proven rhfs2 superior to LLC-MK2 for ease of detection and frequency of isolation. ImagesKeywords
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