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Transgenic cell lines for detection of animal viruses.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Jul 1996
Olivo P D
Abstract excerpt
Rapid diagnostic assays based on direct detection of viral antigen or nucleic acid are being used with increasing frequency in clinical virology laboratories. Virus culture, however, remains the only way to detect infectious virus and to analyze clinically relevant viral phenotypes, such as drug resistance. Growth of viruses in cell culture is labor intensive and time-consuming and requires the use of many...
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