ATCC? Number:VR-559?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Phlebovirus
Agent: Punta Toro virus
Strain: Balliet
Original Source: Blood from young adult male, Pennyslvania, 1966
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse; weanling hamster, i.c. inoculation; guinea pig, small i.c. inoculation; hamster kidney cells; LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7)
Incubation : Duration: 5-7 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced.
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1225