ATCC? Number:VR-219?
Classification: Orthomyxoviridae, Influenzavirus A
Agent: Influenza A virus (H1N1) deposited as Influenza A virus
Strain: A/NWS/33
Original Source: derived from WS (human) isolate by i.c. inoculation of mice
Depositors: RR Wagner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : 10 day chicken embryo, i.a. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Allantoic fluid agglutinates chicken RBC
Comments : A neurotropic strain of human influenza derived from WS strain by i.c. inoculation of mice. A close antigenic relationship between NWS and the parent WS (E) strains can be demonstrated by cross hemagglutination inhibition tests. type H1N1
References : 33382: Stuart-Harris CH. . Lancet 1: 497, 1939. 33383: Hook, Wagner. . Bull. J. Hopkins Hosp. 103: 125, 1958.