ATCC? Number:VR-231?
Classification: Reoviridae, Reovirus
Agent: Reovirus type 2
Strain: D5 (Jones)
Original Source: Rectal swab from child with diarrhea, Ohio, 1955
Depositors: EH Lennette
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : monkey kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : For passage cell cultures should be harvested after complete involvement of cell sheet. Culture fluid contains a group-specific CF antigen. REFERENCE STRAIN: Sabin, A.B., Science (Washington, DC) 130: 1387,1959.
References : 32619: Ramos-Alvarez M. Cytopathogenic enteric viruses associated with undifferentiated diarrheal syndromes in early childhood. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 67: 326-331, 1957. PubMed: 13411970