Viral plaque
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viral-plaque-285-3021067
title:
Viral plaque
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A viral plaque is a visible structure formed after introducing a viral sample to a cell culture grown on some nutrient medium. The virus will replicate and spread, generating regions of cell destruction known as plaques. For example, Vero cell or other tissue cultures may be used to investigate an influenza virus or coronavirus, while various bacterial cultures would be used for bacteriophages. Counting the number of plaques can be used as a method of virus quantification. These plaques can some
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Visible structure formed by virus propagation within a cell culture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_plaque
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2024-03-09T02:58:41Z
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