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. 2005 Dec;79(23):14614–14621. doi: 10.1128/JVI.79.23.14614-14621.2005

TABLE 1.

Polar release of SARS-CoV following apical application to airway epitheliaa

Virion egress type Egress value (PFU/ml) for specimen no.:
1 2 3
Apical 2.5 × 104 5 × 104 3 × 104
Basolateral 15 20 5
a

Urbani strain SARS-CoV at an MOI of 0.8 was applied to the apical surface of well-differentiated epithelia from three different human donors. Virion egress was assayed 24 h later by determining the titers for Vero E6 cells.