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Comparative Study
. 1978;56(3):195-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01317848.

The effect of ascorbic acid on infection chick-embryo ciliated tracheal organ cultures by coronavirus

J G Atherton, C C Kratzing, A Fisher
Comparative Study

The effect of ascorbic acid on infection chick-embryo ciliated tracheal organ cultures by coronavirus

J G Atherton et al. Arch Virol. 1978.

Abstract

Chick embryo tracheal organ cultures showed increased resistance to infection by a coronavirus after exposure to ascorbate, while chick respiratory epithelium and allantois-on-shell preparations showed no increase in resistance to infection by an influenza virus or a paramyxovirus.

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