ATCC® Number:VR-522™
Classification: Picornavirus, Human Rhinovirus
Agent: Rhinovirus 55
Strain: Wis. 315E
Original Source: Human throat washings
Depositors: VV Hamparian, RM Conant
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : H1-HeLa cells (ATCCCRL-1958) WI-38 cells (ATCCCCL-75); HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); other human cells
Incubation : Duration: 1-7 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Optimal conditions for growth occur at pH 6.8-7.3 in roller or rocker cultures incubated at approximately 33C. All members of the rhinovirus group are ether resistant. Optimal conditions for growth occur at pH 6.8-7.3 in roller or rocker cultures incubated at approximately 33C. All members of the rhinovirus group are ether resistant.
References : 33618: Dick EC, et al. Epidemiology of infections with rhinovirus types 43 and 55 in a group of university of Wisconsin student families. Am. J. Epidemiol. 86: 386-400, 1967. PubMed: 4293746