ATCC? Number:VR-919?
Classification: Retrovirus, Foamy
Agent: Syncytium-forming virus of marmosets
Strain: FXV
Original Source: Skin explants and peripheral leukocytes from common marmoset with no clinical symptoms
Depositors: B Marczynska
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human embryonic lung fibroblasts wide range in vitro, common marmoset in vivo
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 12-14 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (syncytium formation and subsequent cytolysis) in human and simian fibroblastic cell lines
References : 34021: Marczynska B, et al. Syncytium-forming virus of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus). Infect. Immun. 31: 1261-1269, 1981. PubMed: 6164648