ATCC? Number:VR-701?
Classification: Herpesvirus, Equine
Agent: Equine herpesvirus type 2
Strain: LK
Original Source: Throat swab from a horse with upper respiratory disease (this was not necessarily caused by the virus)
Depositors: G Plummer
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : horse kidney cells; rabbit kidney cells; feline kidney cells equine kidney cells in tissue culture; rabbit kidney cells in tissue culture; feline kidney cells in tissue culture
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (destruction of host cells)
Related Products: antiserum:ATCC VR-701AS/RB
References : 33829: Plummer G, Waterson AP. Equine herpes viruses. Virology 19: 412-416, 1963. PubMed: 13944111 33830: Plummer G, et al. Comparison of four horse herpesviruses. J. Virol. 4: 738-741, 1969. PubMed: 4982831