ATCC? Number:VR-1083?
Classification: Adenoviridae, Mastadenovirus, Human adenovirus C
Agent: Human adenovirus 6 deposited as Adenovirus type 6
Strain: Tonsil 99 [V-206-003-014]
Original Source: Presumed from spontaneously degenerating tissue culture of tonsil tissue from 7-year-old girl with chronically infected and enlarged tonsils, Washington, DC
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human embryonic kidney cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17)
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Agglutinates rat RBC (incompletely).
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