ATCC? Number:VR-259?
Classification: Adenoviridae, Mastadenovirus, Human adenovirus D
Agent: Human adenovirus 24 deposited as Adenovirus type 24
Strain: AV-3153
Original Source: Conjunctival scrapings from child with trachoma, Saudi Arabia, 1956
Depositors: SD Bell
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : Chang C cells (ATCCCCL-20.2) Chang C cells (ATCCCCL-20.2); human lymph node cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17); human embryonic kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 5-10 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Replicates slowly. Agglutinates rat RBC. Contains soluble group-specific complement fixing antigen. Recognized Reference Strain: Pereira, H.G. et al., Virology 20:613, 1963. Replicates slowly. Agglutinates rat RBC. Contains soluble group-specific complement fixing antigen.
References : 24520: Bell SD. . Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 9: 523, 1960. 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