L20B cells simplify culture of polioviruses from clinical samples

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Culture of polioviruses from clinical samples is the gold-standard method for virological surveillance in the world-wide initiative to eradicate wild-type polioviruses. Two poliovirus-sensitive cell lines of human origin were used originally by the laboratories of the World Health Organisation (WHO) global poliovirus network. However, the cell lines used, Hep2 and RD, also support cytopathic growth of a variety...

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