At 3 and 5 dpi, the highest amount of virus infection was achieved, with up to 20% for Marc-145 grown LV and up to 40% for Marc-145 grown VR-2332 on CHOSn-CD163 cells and up to 80% for both Marc-145 grown strains on PK15Sn-CD163 cells. Here, CD163 is linked to viral infectious disease.