KROK 1 2008 – Question 116 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A culture of monkey cells (Vero) and a group of mouse sucklings were infected with an inoculum taken from a child with provisional diagnosis "enterovirus infection". There was no cytopathic effect on the cell culture but mouse sucklings died. What enteric viruses might have caused disease of this child?
- A. Coxsackie A
- B. Polioviruses
- C. Unclassified enteric viruses 68-71
- D. Coxsackie B
- E. ECHO virus
Hint
Consider which group of enteroviruses fails to produce visible changes in monkey cell culture yet is lethal for newborn mice.
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