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Comparison of HeLa-I, HEp-2 and NCI-H292 cell lines for the isolation of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV)

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 146; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.07.004

1879-0984

Ana Priscila Perini, Maria Luisa Barbosa, Viviane Fongaro Botosso, Claudia T. P. Moraes, Alfredo E. Gillio, Noeli Hens, Klaus Eberhard Stewien, Edison Luíz Durigon,

Animal Virus Infections Studies

Generally, laboratory diagnosis of viral respiratory infections utilizes virus isolation in cell culture and immunofluorescence assays. In this study, three cell lines (HEp-2, NCI-H292 and HeLa-I) were used for HRSV isolation of strains obtained from patients admitted at HU-USP with respiratory tract disease. HRSV was isolated in 46% (37) of 80 specimens inoculated in HeLa-I, 48% (39) in HEp-2, and 36.3% (29) in NCI-H292. Immunofluorescence was considered the gold standard and yielded 53% positive (43). The results from both methods combined had better sensitivity (73.2%) compared to either method alone. Comparing results between the cell lines with HEp-2 cells as the benchmark, the greatest sensitivity (72.2%) was observed in HeLa-I. This data shows that HeLa-I is adequate for HRSV isolation, giving results similar to the HEp-2 cells. The combined use of the HEp-2, HeLa-I and NCI-H292 cells improve the detection of HRSV.