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Attempts were made to grow certain viruses in organ cultures of Fallopian tube. Influenza A2 and B, parainfluenza type 2, rhinovirus type 2, ECHO virus type 11 and adenovirus type 7 were observed to multiply, but poliovirus type 1, a human “coronavirus” and rhinovirus type 3 did not.
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Casal, J., Rubenstein, D., Votava, M. et al. Organ cultures of human Fallopian tubes for the propagation of viruses. Archiv f Virusforschung 31, 196–199 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01253752
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01253752