Improved chicken embryo cell culture plaque assay for scrub typhus rickettsiae

J Clin Microbiol. 1977 Dec;6(6):639-41. doi: 10.1128/jcm.6.6.639-641.1977.

Abstract

The plaque technique for three strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in chicken embryo cell cultures was greatly improved by modifying the trypsinizing procedure and employing homologous chicken serum in the overlay medium.

MeSH terms

  • Blood
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Culture Media
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi / growth & development*
  • Trypsin / pharmacology
  • Viral Plaque Assay*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Trypsin