Abstract
The growth kinetics of tanapox virus in owl monkey kidney cells was elucidated by single-step growth curves at multiplicities of 10, 1.0, and 0.1 plaque forming units (pfu) per cell at 37 and 33 degrees C. Virus replicated equally well at both temperatures and produced a cytopathic effect that was characterized by densely packed rounded cells with retrogressed monolayer and granular vacuolated cytoplasm. Single-step growth curves revealed that the eclipse period varied from 24 h postinfection (hpi) at a multiplicity of infection of 10 pfu/cell to 48 hpi at 0.1 pfu/cell. The length of the latent period also varied from 36 hpi at 10 pfu/cell to 48 hpi at 0.1 pfu/cell. The intracellular virus, extracellular virus, and total virus titers reached their maximums relatively early at 10 pfu/cell as compared with 0.1 pfu/cell. About 78% of the mature progeny virion is retained intracellularly at 10 pfu/cell at 96 hpi. We conclude that tanapox virus replication is similar to other poxviruses, but the replication cycle is longer when compared with vaccinia virus.
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