ATCC? Number:VR-179?
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus C
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 20A deposited as Coxsackievirus A20a
Strain: Tulane 1623
Original Source: Stool from 3-year-old male with suspected poliomyelitis, Louisiana, 1951
Depositors: HA Wenner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells human amnion; other human cells
Incubation : Duration: 4 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects, maximal on day 10
References : 32609: Sickles GM, et al. New types of Coxsackie virus, group A. Cytopathogenicity in tissue culture. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 102: 742-743, 1959. PubMed: 14446401