ATCC? Number:VR-116?
Classification: Poxviridae, Leporipoxvirus
Agent: Myxoma virus
deposited as Myxoma virus, Leporipoxvirus
Strain: Moses
Original Source: Rabbit in Brazil (Sylvilagus brazilensis)
Depositors: L Thomas
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : rabbit rabbit, i. d. or i. t. inoculation; chicken embryo (chorioallantoic membrane)
Incubation : Duration: 5-6 days
Effect : Yes, tumorigenicity: Tumor at site of injection Yes, in vivo effects: death Yes, in vivo effects: enlarged inflamed testes
Comments : The infection in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is regularly fatal but cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus) always survive. The virus is stable in 50% glycerol at 4C or after lyophilization. GENBANK U46577, Myxoma virus MA51 gene, partial cds; alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase, MA52, MA55, and MA56 genes, complete cds; and protein kinase gene, partial The infection in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is regularly fatal but cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus) always survive. Stable in 50% glycerol at 4C or after lyophilization.
References : 32713: Moses A. . Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 3: 46, 1911.