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June 1, 1952Canadian Journal of Medical Sciences

Cultivation of Poliomyelitis Virus in Tissue Culture

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Key result

Cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus was successful in human embryonic and adult tissues, with synthetic Mixture 199 appearing superior to Hanks-Simms solution as a nutritive medium.

Why the study?

Does synthetic medium (Mixture 199) improve the cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures compared to Hanks-Simms solution?

Population

Fluid cultures of various human embryonic and adult tissues, monkey testis, human embryonic kidney, and…

Comparison

Cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus using… vs Hanks-Simms solution

Design

Preclinical

Authors

JTJoan C. ThickeDDD. DuncanUniversity of TorontoWWWilliam H. WoodNorthwestern University

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Implication

May advance virus cultivation techniques in vitro; leaves open clinical or vaccine translation pending higher-level evidence.

Structured PICO

Does synthetic medium (Mixture 199) improve the cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus in tissue cultures compared to Hanks-Simms solution?

P
Population
Fluid cultures of various human embryonic and adult tissues, monkey testis, human embryonic kidney, and mixtures of brain and cord
I
Intervention
Cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus using synthetic medium (Mixture 199)
C
Comparator
Hanks-Simms solution
O
Outcome
Viral multiplication/growthsurrogate

The study demonstrates the successful cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus in human and monkey tissue cultures, noting the superiority of a synthetic medium (Mixture 199).

Limitations

  • A characteristic pH differential between virus infected and control flasks was not commonly observed

Cite This Study

Thicke et al. (1952) studied Poliomyelitis virus cultivation. Synthetic medium (Mixture 199) vs. Hanks-Simms solution was evaluated on Viral multiplication and cytopathogenic effect. Cultivation of Lansing poliomyelitis virus was successful in human embryonic and adult tissues, with synthetic Mixture 199 appearing superior to Hanks-Simms solution as a nutritive medium.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0cd04163ecdfd68662580fhttps://doi.org/10.1139/cjms52-031
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  1. 1CULTIVATION OF POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS IN TISSUE CULTURE IV. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON VIRUS PROPAGATION IN HUMAN TISSUES WITH A SYNTHETIC NUTRIENT MEDIUM1953 · 3 citations
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