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Chick embryo tracheal organ cultures showed increased resistance to infection by a coronavirus after exposure to ascorbate, while chick respiratory epithelium and allantois-on-shell preparations showed no increase in resistance to infection by an influenza virus or a paramyxovirus.
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Atherton, J.G., Kratzing, C.C. & Fisher, A. The effect of ascorbic acid on infection of chick-embryo ciliated tracheal organ cultures by coronavirus. Archives of Virology 56, 195–199 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317848
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Keywords
- Infectious Disease
- Influenza
- Ascorbic Acid
- Influenza Virus
- Organ Culture