ATCC? Number:VR-176?
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus C
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 18 deposited as Coxsackievirus A18
Strain: G-13
Original Source: feces from 2-year-old female, South Africa, 1950
Depositors: HA Wenner, H Plager
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells; suckling mouse, i.p. inoculation for mouse passage human amnion; human embryonic diploid cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); suckling mouse
Incubation : Duration: 3-7 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture Yes, in vivo effects: death in suckling mice
Comments : Plaques containing rounded or dendritic cells with granular cytoplasm appear in secondary HAm cell cultures in 3 days and the CPE is maximal on the 7th day. In sM produces dengeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes. Plaques containing rounded or dendritic cells with granular cytoplasm appear in secondary HAm cell cultures in 3 days and the CPE is maximal on the 7th day. In sM produces dengeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes.
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