PLAQUE ASSAY
Date
~1960s
Description
Enterovirus unit laboratory technician, Mr. J. Turner, counting polio plaques in monkey kidney tissue culture. The classic plaque assay is a method for counting infectious viral particles.
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citation
“PLAQUE ASSAY,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed March 28, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/6431.