ATCC® Number:VR-232™
Classification: Reoviridae, Orthoreovirus, Mammalian orthoreovirus
Agent: Reovirus 3 deposited as Reovirus type 3
Strain: Abney
Original Source: Anal specimen of a child with mild febrile respiratory illness, Washington, DC, 1957
Depositors: EH Lennette
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7)
Incubation : Temperature: 36.0℃ Duration: 6 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in 6 days
Comments : For passage cell cultures should be harvested after complete involvement of cell sheet. Culture fluid contains a group-specific CF antigen. REFERENCE STRAIN: Sabin, A.B., Science (Washington, DC) 130: 1387, 1959. For passage cell cultures should be harvested after complete involvement of cell sheet. Culture fluid contains a group-specific CF antigen.
References : 33402: Rosen L, et al. Observations on a newly recognized virus (Abney) of the reovirus family. Am. J. Hyg. 71: 258-265, 1960. PubMed: 14438889
