ATCC? Number:VR-1389?
Classification: Rhabdovirus
Agent: Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus
Strain: F1 (Egtved virus)
Original Source: Isolated by M. Jensen from tissues of diseased rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) fingerlings reared in 1962 near Egtved, Denmark
Depositors: PV Jorgensen, J Winton
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : CHSE-214 cells (ATCCCRL-1681); FHM cells (ATCCCCL-42); BF-2 cells (ATCCCCL-91); EPC (cyprinid)
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (cell rounding and grape-like clusters of detached cells)
Comments : This virus subject to mandatory eradication steps if released in USA. Cells must be maintained at or above pH 7.4.
References : 32981: Jensen MH. Research on the virus of Egtved disease. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 126: 422-426, 1965. PubMed: 4957057 32982: Lorenzen N, et al. Neutralization of Egtved virus pathogenicity to cell cultures and fish by monoclonal antibodies to the viral G protein. J. Gen. Virol. 71: 561-567, 1990. PubMed: 1690259