Isolation of respiratory syncytial virus from nasopharyngeal aspirates stored at 20ºC from one to fifteen months after collection
Cell culture isolation is used for recovering respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from respiratory specimens. As RSV is a thermolabile virus, specimens destined for inoculation into cell culture require special transport, handling, and storage. The isolation rate of RSV from nasopharyngeal aspirates (...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2006-06-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000400017 |