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Japanese Quail Embryo Cells as a Host of Group A Arboviruses
Author(s) -
Takayama Naohide,
Simizu Bunsiti
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
japanese journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0021-5139
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1973.tb00726.x
Subject(s) - quail , embryo , biology , virus , virology , host (biology) , in vitro , cell culture , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , ecology
Japanese quail embryo (QE) cells were compared to chicken embryo (CE) cells with regard to the production of some group A arboviruses. The virus yield in QE cells was about the same as that in CE cells. The sensitivity of plaque assay of the viruses in QE cells was nearly equal to that in CE cells, although a certain range of fluctuation among individual culture bottles of QE cells was observed. QE cultures were found to possess some advantages for production and titration of group A arboviruses when compared CE cell system.