ATCC® Number:VR-26™
Classification: Paramyxoviridae, Pneumovirus
Agent: Human respiratory syncytial virus deposited as Respiratory syncytial virus
Strain: Long
Original Source: 17-month-old male with pneumonia, Maryland, 1956
Depositors: RM Chanock
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : HEp-2 cells (ATCCCCL-23); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17) Chang Liver (ATCCCCL-13); HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); human amnion cells; monkey kidney cells; infant ferrets, i.n. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 5-12 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture (formation of giant cells and syncytia)
Comments : Non-pathogenic for mouse or guinea pig. Essentially identical to strain (CCA) isolated by Morris, J.A. et al.(1956). Prototype strain for subgroup A (Walpita et al., 1992). See Morris et al. (1956. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 92:544-549.) and Walpita et al. (1992. J. Clin Micro. 30:1030-1032.) for additional strain information.
Related Products: Virus RNA: ATCC VR-26D
