Increased Efficiency of Group B Coxsackievirus Isolation from Clinical Specimens by Use of BGM Cells.
A continuous African green monkey kidney cell line, designated BGM, was compared with primary cynomolgus monkey kidney cells and human embryonic lung cells for efficiency of enterovirus isolation. A selective enhanced sensitivity of BGM cells both in terms of isolation rate and speed of isolation was found for group B coxsackieviruses but could not be demonstrated for a number of other nonpolio enteroviruses.
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Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642.
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