MCQ Microbiology 4

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A tube of monkey kidney cells is inoculated with nasopharyngeal secretions. During the next 7 days, no cytopathic effects (CPEs) are observed. On the eighth day, the tissue culture is infected accidentally with a picornavirus; nevertheless, the culture does not develop CPEs. Which of the following is the most likely explanation of this phenomenon?

A. The nasopharyngeal secretions contained hemagglutinins
B. The nasopharyngeal secretions contained rubella virus
C. Picornavirus does not produce CPEs
D. Picornavirus does not replicate in monkey kidney cells
E. Monkey kidney cells are resistant to CPEs




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