Isolation of West Nile virus from urine samples of patients with acute infection.

Luisa BarzonMonia PacentiElisa FranchinLaura SquarzonAlessandro SinigagliaSebastian UlbertRiccardo CusinatoGiorgio Palù

Published in: Journal of clinical microbiology (2014)

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.

Keyphrases

single cell
stem cells
bone marrow
disease virus