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Biological and genetic characterization of a hemagglutinating coronavirus isolated from a diarrhoeic child
1 Oct 1994
Abstract excerpt
The coronavirus strain HECV-4408 was isolated from diarrhea fluid of a 6-year-old child with acute diarrhea and propagated in human rectal tumor (HRT-18) cells. Electron microscopy revealed coronavirus particles in the diarrhea fluid sample and the infected HRT-18 cell cultures. This virus possessed hemagglutinating and acetylesterase activities and caused cytopathic effects in HRT-18 cells but not in MDBK, GBK...
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