Plaquing is a routine method used to quantify live viruses in a population. Though plaquing is frequently taught in various microbiology curricula with bacteria and bacteriophages, plaquing of mammalian viruses is more complex and time-consuming. This protocol describes the procedures that function reliably for regular work with herpes simplex viruses.
Sadowski, L. A., Lesko, G. M., Suissa, C., Upadhyay, R., Desai, P. J., Margulies, B. J. Plaquing of Herpes Simplex Viruses. J. Vis. Exp. (177), e62962, doi:10.3791/62962 (2021).