SARS-CoV-2 does not replicate in embryonated hen's eggs or in MDCK cell lines.
Euro Surveill
; 25(25)2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-649992
ABSTRACT
The advent of COVID-19, has posed a risk that human respiratory samples containing human influenza viruses may also contain SARS-CoV-2. This potential risk may lead to SARS-CoV-2 contaminating conventional influenza vaccine production platforms as respiratory samples are used to directly inoculate embryonated hen's eggs and continuous cell lines that are used to isolate and produce influenza vaccines. We investigated the ability of these substrates to propagate SARS-CoV-2 and found that neither could support SARS-CoV-2 replication.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Receptors, Virus
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Virus Cultivation
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Virus Replication
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Influenza Vaccines
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Chickens
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Coronavirus
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Influenza, Human
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Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1560-7917.ES.2020.25.25.2001122
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