ATCC? Number:VR-1393?
Classification: Paramyxoviridae, Uncharacterized Group, fish virus
Agent: Chinook salmon paramyxovirus
Strain: KS-8
Original Source: Kidney and spleen of normal adult chinook salmon (Oncorhynnchus tshawytscha) returning in 1983 to the Trask River Hatchery, Oregon, USA
Depositors: J Winton
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : CHSE-214 cells (ATCCCRL-1681) salmonid cell lines
Incubation : Max Temperature: 18.0°C Min Temperature: 15.0°C Duration: 20 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (generalized rounding and detachment of cells)
Comments : Produces persistent infections in fish cell lines, hemagglutinates erythrocytes of mammals, birds and fish.
References : 32987: Winton JR. . Fish Pathol. 20: 373-380, 1985.