Hamster Syrian kidney

Subclone of parent line derived from 5 1-day-old unsexed hamster kidneys. Used extensively for virus replication studies i.e. poliovirus, rabies, foot and mouth disease, VSV (Indiana strain), herpes simplex, Ad25 and arboviruses.

BHK 21 (Clone 13) from hamster has been used in viral transfection studies.

Virus replication studies

GMEM + 2mM Glutamine + 5% Tryptose Phosphate Broth + 5-10% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Split sub-confluent cultures (70-80%) 1:3 to 1:6 i.e. seeding at 2-4x10,000 cells/cm² using 0.25% trypsin/EDTA; 5% CO₂; 37°C.

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