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. 2002 Dec;40(12):4439–4444. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4439-4444.2002

TABLE 3.

Comparison of rate of growth and isolation of E30 among different cell lines on primary isolation

Cell line Growth rate (days)a Isolation rate (%)
MRC-5 4.1 (1-10) 71.0 (147/207)b
A549 4.1 (2-11) 67.4 (118/175)
GMK 0
RD 3.7 (1-10) 94.3 (249/264)
a

Average to detection (range) time.

b

The values in parentheses are the number of positive specimens/total number of specimens from positive cases tested.