ATCC? Number:VR-163?
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus A
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 3 deposited as Coxsackievirus A3
Strain: Olson
Original Source: Stool of a 2-year-old child with nuchal rigidity and spasm of hamstring muscles, New York, 1948
Depositors: HA Wenner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells suckling mouse; human amnion cells
Incubation : Duration: 3-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : In secondary HAm cells, CPE appears in 3-5 days and consists of 'plaques' containing rounded or dendritic cells with granular cytoplasm.
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