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Volume 11, Number 2—February 2005
Dispatch

In Vitro Host-Cell Susceptibility to Usutu Virus

Tamás Bakonyi*†, Helga Lussy*, Herbert Weissenböck*, Ákos Hornyák†‡, and Norbert Nowotny*§Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; †Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary; ‡Central Veterinary Institute, Budapest, Hungary; §United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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Table

Semiquantitative evaluation of the number of Usutu virus antigen–positive cells*

Cell line/culture IHC result
HeLa (human) ++
Vero (simian) ++
ED (equine) ++
MDBK (bovine) +
PK-15 (porcine) ++
RK-13 (lapin) ++
MDCK (canine) ++
DK (canine) (+)
CR (feline) +
BHK-21 (hamster) +
BF (hamster) +
C6 (rat) +
TH1 (turtle) ++
EqK (equine) ++
CEF (chicken)
GEF (goose) ++

*IHC, immunohistochemical; scoring criteria: (+), 1%–5% positive cells; +, 6%–25% positive cells; ++, 26%–50% positive cells. Primary cell cultures are indicated in italics.

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1This study will be presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 26–March 3, 2005, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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