Comparison of cynomolgus and rhesus monkey kidney cells for recovery of viruses from clinical specimens.
In a study of virus recovery from clinical specimens, cynomolgus monkey kidney cells demonstrated sensitivity equivalent or slightly superior to rhesus kidney cells for siolation of myxo- and paramyxoviruses, adenoviruses, and enteroviruses.
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*