"Oryctes" virus replication: Electron microscopic observations on infected moth and mosquito cells.

"Oryctes" virus replicates efficiently in continuous moth (Spodoptera frugiperda) and mosquito (Aedes albopictus) cell cultures. Progeny virus was detected by bioassay and electron microscopy 15 hr after infection in both cell cultures. S. frugiperda cells permitted replication morphologically similar to that observed in vivo occurring in the cell nucleus. A. albopictus cells permitted replication of the virus solely in the cytoplasm.