ATCC® Number:VR-164™
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus A
Agent: Human Coxsackievirus A 5 deposited as Coxsackievirus A5
Strain: Swartz
Original Source: Stool of a patient with poliomyelitis, New York, 1950
Depositors: HA Wenner
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, s.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation suckling mouse
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Flaccid paralysis
Comments : Produces degeneration of muscle fibers including loss of striation and hyaline changes.
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1010