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Differentiation of smallpox and camelpox viruses in cultures of human and monkey cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Derrick Baxby
Derrick Baxby
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Liverpool University, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
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The cytopathic effect of smallpox and camelpox viruses has been compared in cell cultures derived from human and monkey tissues. The two viruses could easily be distinguished in HeLa, GMK–AH1, BSC–1 and WISH cells, camelpox producing multinucleate giant cells and smallpox producing rounding up of individual cells. In other cells (LLC–MK2, HEK and 2RhK) the differences were not so marked, and in some (VERO, HEL, K and HuTh) no differences were seen.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , April 1974 , pp. 251 - 254
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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