Viruses require living host cells to replicate and are cultivated using various methods. They can be grown in laboratory animals, embryonated eggs, or tissue/cell cultures. Animal cultivation allows studying pathogenesis but is expensive and difficult. Eggs are inexpensive and facilitate growth of viruses like influenza in specific areas. Tissue cultures, especially primary cultures and diploid cell lines, support growth of many viruses and are widely used. Isolated viruses are identified using techniques observing cytopathic effects, hemagglutination, interference, or immunofluorescence. Cell cultures are now the primary method for isolating and identifying viruses.