Differential virus susceptibility exhibited by tracheal organ cultures from reptiles to mammals
Bhonde, R.R.; Wagh, U.V.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 20(11): 814-816
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5189 PMID: 7169231 Document Number: 190961
Tracheal organ cultures from representatives of phylogenetically related groups of tracheate vertebrates, viz. reptiles (garden lizard), aves (chick) and mammals (hamster, bat) were tested for their ability to support multiplication of viruses. Variation in the susceptibility of these cultures to viruses of fox, herpes picorna, rhabdo and togavirus groups was indicated. The reptilian cultures were totally refractory, while avian cultures supported multiplication of almost all viruses. Mammalian cultures supported multiplication of all except Chickungunya and Japanese Encephalitis viruses. These studies revealed that the otherwise indistinguishable West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses can be differentiated according to their ability or inability to multiply in the tracheal organ culture systems.