ATCC? Number:VR-141?
Classification: Rickettsiae
Agent: Rickettsia conorii Brumpt
Strain: Moroccan
Original Source: Unknown, isolated in Morocco
Depositors: RN Philip
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : guinea pig, i.p. inoculation guinea pig; chicken embryo; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81)
Incubation : Duration: 2 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Febrile reaction of about 4 days' duration Yes, in vivo effects: scrotal swelling
Comments : GP immune to this strain resist infections with other spotted fever strains.
References : 33068: Bell EJ, Pickens EG. A toxic substance associated with the rickettsias of the spotted fever group. J. Immunol. 70: 461-472, 1953. PubMed: 13052922