ATCC? Number:VR-19?
Classification: Adenoviridae, Mastadenovirus, Human adenovirus A
Agent: Human adenovirus 18 deposited as Adenovirus type 18
Strain: D.C.
Original Source: Anal swab from child with Niemann-Pick syndrome, Washington, DC, 1954
Depositors: M Schaeffer, DA Stevens
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human embryonic kidney cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17)
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : HA activity has not been demonstrated. May require large inocula before satisfactory titers are obtained. Produces subcutaneous tumors at the site of inoculation in newborn hamsters. REFERENCE STRAIN: Pereira, H.G. et al., Virology 20: 613, 1963.
References : 24523: Hartley JW, et al. Additional serotypes of the APC virus group. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 91: 260-262, 1956. PubMed: 13297771 24704: Hierholzer JC, et al. Antigenic relationships among the 47 human adenoviruses determined in reference horse antisera. Arch. Virol. 121: 179-197, 1991. PubMed: 1759904