ATCC? Number:VR-170?
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus A
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 12 deposited as Coxsackievirus A12
Strain: Texas 12
Original Source: Flies collected in Texas, 1948
Depositors: HA Wenner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells; suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation for mouse passage human amnion cells in tissue culture
Incubation : Duration: 2-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture Yes, in vivo effects: death in suckling mice
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1018
References : 32595: Contreras G, et al. Identification of Coxsackie viruses by immunological methods and their classification into 16 antigenically distinct types. J. Immunol. 69: 395-414, 1952. PubMed: 13000150 32596: Sickles GM, et al. Recently classified types of Coxsackie virus, group A; behavior in tissue culture. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 90: 529-531, 1955. PubMed: 13273503