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Sensitivity of baby hamster kidney (BHK 21-C13) cells to enteric viruses

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Viruses of the picornavirus, reovirus and adenovirus groups were inoculated into BHK-21 cells and the cultures examined for the development of cytopathic effects. Of the 55 strains of virus tested, only tissue-culture adapted strains of coxsackieviruses A7 and A10 and the three prototype strains of reoviruses produced CPE in these cells.

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  1. M. G. Muazzam (Professor of Microbiology)

    Present address: Institute of Postgraduate Medicine, Dacca, Pakistan

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  1. University Department of Infectious Diseases and Regional Virus Laboratory, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow, N W, Scotland

    M. G. Muazzam (Professor of Microbiology) & Margaret Sneddon

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Muazzam, M.G., Sneddon, M. Sensitivity of baby hamster kidney (BHK 21-C13) cells to enteric viruses. Archiv f Virusforschung 30, 405–407 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01258370

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