title: In vitro host-cell susceptibility to Usutu virus.
abstract: We investigated the susceptibility to Usutu virus (Flavivirus) of 13 permanent cell lines, 3 primary cell cultures, and chicken embryos. Vero, PK-15, and goose embryo fibroblast cells developed cytopathic effects; however, viral multiplication was detected in all mammalian cell types by immunohistochemical tests. Chicken embryo fibroblast cells and chicken embryos were resistant.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, A-1210 Austria.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bakonyi
authors.forename: Helga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lussy
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weissenböck
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hornyák
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nowotny
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line / Q000821:virology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000821:virology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral / Q000502:physiology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000821:virology; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D014709:Vero Cells