Isolation of West Nile Virus from Urine Samples of Patients with Acute Infection |
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| Authors: | Luisa Barzon Monia Pacenti Elisa Franchin Laura Squarzon Alessandro Sinigaglia Sebastian Ulbert Riccardo Cusinato Giorgio Palù |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;bMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy;cDepartment of Immunology, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Leipzig, Germany |
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This study demonstrated that West Nile virus (WNV) excreted in the urine of patients with acute infection can be isolated in cell cultures. In addition, the protocols for WNV isolation from urine samples were standardized, and factors that may affect the efficiency of WNV isolation were identified. |
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