ATCC? Number:VR-171?
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus C
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 13 deposited as Coxsackievirus A13
Strain: Flores
Original Source: stool from a 23-month-old child, Mexico, 1952
Depositors: HA Wenner, H Plager
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : human amnion cells; suckling mouse, s.c. or i.p. inoculation for mouse passage human amnion; human embryonic diploid cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); suckling mouse
Incubation : Duration: 6-10 days for TC; 3-10 days for sM
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture Yes, in vivo effects: death in mice
Comments : CPE appears in secondary HAm cell cultures on the 6th day and is maximal on the 10th day. In sM, produces degeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes. CPE appears in secondary HAm cell cultures on the 6th day and is maximal on the 10th day. In sM, produces degeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes.
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1019