ATCC? Number:VR-1024?
Classification: Picornavirus, Human Enterovirus
Agent: Coxsackievirus A18
Strain: G-13
Original Source: feces from 2-year-old female, South Africa, 1950
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells human amnion; human embryonic diploid cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2)
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
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.
Related Products: antiserum:ATCC VR-1024AS/HOantiserum:ATCC VR-1024AS/MKalso distributed as:ATCC VR-176
References : 32597: Gear JH. Poliomyelitis. Papers and discussions presented at the Second International Poliomyelitis Conference. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott; 1952.