Parainfluenza virus isolation enhancement utilizing a portable cell culture system in the field.
Using a portable minaturized cell culture system, enhanced recoveries of parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3 were made in the field from symptomatic human adult subjects working at remote Antarctic stations.
D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D002460:Cell Line; D003080:Cold Temperature; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods*