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. 2015 May 1;37(1):15E.2.1-9.
doi: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc15e02s37.

Growth and Quantification of MERS-CoV Infection

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Growth and Quantification of MERS-CoV Infection

Christopher M Coleman et al. Curr Protoc Microbiol. .

Abstract

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging highly pathogenic respiratory virus. Although MERS-CoV only emerged in 2012, we and others have developed assays to grow and quantify infectious MERS-CoV and RNA products of replication in vitro. MERS-CoV is able to infect a range of cell types, but replicates to high titers in Vero E6 cells. Protocols for the propagation and quantification of MERS-CoV are presented.

Keywords: MERS; coronavirus; infection; plaque assay; quantification; virology.

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