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One hundred and four fecal and oropharyngeal specimens obtained directly from human sources were studied in 3 types of tissue cultures. The virus recovery rates among fecal samples were of the same order regardless of the type of tissue culture used. Under the conditions of the study, monkey kidney epithelial cell cultures were superior to HeLa or testicular cultures in the primary isolation of poliomyelitis virus from oropharyngeal specimens, A comparison of tests with fecal samples in monkeys and in tissue culture indicated that the latter was as good as, if not better than, monkeys in detecting poliomyelitis virus.
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