ATCC? Number:VR-57?
Classification: Picornavirus, Cardiovirus, Theilovirus
Agent: Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus deposited as Mouse encephalomyelitis
Strain: GD 7
Original Source: mouse brain
Depositors: HL Lipton
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : mouse, i.c. inoculation mouse, i.c. inoculation; suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; hamster; cotton rat; L-929 cells (ATCCCCL-1); BHK-21(C-13) cells (ATCCCCL-10)
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 1-2 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects on BHK-21 cells Yes, in vivo effects: Mouse encephalitis and death in vivo
Comments : Strain is antigenically related to the FA and TO strains, von Magnus, H. et al., Virology 1: 185, 1955. Lesions occur in the brain and spinal cord. The virus is stable at 4C in 50% glycerol. Strain is antigenically related to the FA and TO strains, von Magnus, H. et al., Virology 1: 185, 1955. Lesions occur in the brain and spinal cord. The virus is stable at 4 C in 50% glycerol.
References : 33643: Theiler M. . J. Exp. Med. 72: 49, 1940.