ATCC® Number:VR-1044™
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus B
Agent: Human echovirus 6 deposited as Echovirus 6
Strain: D'Amori
Original Source: Fecal specimen from a case of aseptic meningitis, Rhode Island, 1955
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : monkey kidney cells monkey kidney; human diploid embryonic cells
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Recognized Reference Strain: Committee on ECHO Viruses, Science 122: 1187, 1955. Recognized Reference Strain: Committee on ECHO Viruses, Science 122: 1187, 1955.
Related Products: antiserum:ATCC VR-1044AS/HOantiserum:ATCC VR-1044AS/MKalso distributed as:ATCC VR-36
References : 32612: Davis D, Melnick JL. Association of echo virus type 6 with aseptic meningitis. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 92: 839-843, 1956. PubMed: 13370544