ATCC? Number:VR-17?
Classification: Adenoviridae, Mastadenovirus, Human adenovirus B
Agent: Human adenovirus 16 deposited as Adenovirus type 16
Strain: Ch. 79
Original Source: Conjunctival scrapings from an 11-month-old female, Saudi Arabia, 1955
Depositors: RJ Huebner
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 : Agglutinates rhesus RBC. This strain has been found to produce acute follicular conjunctivitis in human volunteers (Feng, M et al., Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 8: 501, 1959. REFERENCE STRAIN: Pereira, H.G. et al., Virology 20: 613, 1963.
References : 24579: et al., Murray ES. . Am. J. Opthalmol. 43: 32, 1957. 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