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Human thyroid tissue culture in diagnostic virology

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Human thyroid tissue proved as sensitive as rhesus monkey kidney in detecting enteroviruses including poliovirus but excluding group B Coxsackie viruses, as sensitive as HeLa cells in detecting adenoviruses, and as sensitive as hens' eggs in detecting herpes simplex virus. Thyroid was much more successful than monkey kidney in isolating strains of a virus, as yet unidentified and provisionally named Frater, which caused a considerable epidemic of aseptic meningitis in Scotland in 1959. Thyroid cultures remained healthy for longer than monkey kidney and showed particularly clear cytopathic effects.

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  1. Virus Laboratory, University Departments of Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland

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Duncan, I.B.R. Human thyroid tissue culture in diagnostic virology. Archiv f Virusforschung 10, 490–500 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01241885

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