ATCC? Number:VR-1273?
Classification: Arenaviridae, Arenavirus, New World Arenaviruses
Agent: Tamiami virus
Strain: W-10777 [V-550-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from adult male Sigmodon hispidus, Florida, 1965
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : suckling mouse suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81); LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7)
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Labile at 56C for 30 minutes. RNA virus. Sensitive to sodium deoxycholate. HA not produced in goose, human O, guinea pig, sheep, mouse, and green monkey RBC at pH 5.9 to 7.2 at 4 to 37C.
Related Products: immune ascites fluid:ATCC VR-1273AFalso distributed as:ATCC VR-710
References : 33836: . Tamiami (TAM) strain. W-10777. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: Suppl:1157-Suppl:1158, 1970. PubMed: 4395318