BGM cells are more efficient for isolating group B coxsackieviruses from clinical specimens than traditional cell lines.
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May improve lab isolation of group B coxsackieviruses; leaves open clinical diagnostic adoption pending validation.
A continuous African green monkey kidney cell line, designated BGM, was compared with primary cynomolgus monkey kidney cells and human embryonic lung cells for efficiency of enterovirus isolation. A selective enhanced sensitivity of BGM cells both in terms of isolation rate and speed of isolation was found for group B coxsackieviruses but could not be demonstrated for a number of other nonpolio enteroviruses.
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