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Point-Counterpoint: Is the Era of Viral Culture Over in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory?
11 Oct 2012
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Conventional tube culture systems have long been the mainstay in clinical virology for the growth and identification of viruses from clinical specimens. Innovations such as centrifugation-enhanced shell vial and multiwell plate cultures and the use of genetically engineered and mixed cell lines, coupled with faster detection of viral replication, have allowed for reasonable turnaround times for even some of the...
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