ATCC? Number:VR-255?
Classification: Adenoviridae, Mastadenovirus, Human adenovirus D
Agent: Human adenovirus 20 deposited as Adenovirus type 20
Strain: AV-931 [D55-92]
Original Source: Conjunctival scrapings from child with trachoma, Saudi Arabia, 1955
Depositors: SD Bell
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : human embryonic kidney cells Chang C cells (ATCCCCL-20.2); HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17); human embryonic kidney cells; human(conjunctivitis)
Incubation : Duration: Prolonged
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Replicates very slowly. Agglutinates rhesus but not rat RBC. This strain has been found to produce follicular conjunctivitis in human volunteers (Feng. M et al., Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 8: 501, 1959). REFERENCE STRAIN: Pereira, H.G. et al., Virology 20: 613, 1963.
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