ATCC® Number:VR-1068™
Classification: Picornaviridae, Enterovirus, Human enterovirus B
Agent: Human echovirus 26 deposited as Echovirus 26
Strain: Coronel
Original Source: Rectal swab from 1-year-old healthy Filipino male, Philippine Islands, 1953
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : monkey kidney cells monkey kidney in tissue culture
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Does not grow or produce CPE in H cell lines. Non-pathogenic for Mk, Ha, GP, Rab, nbM or CE. Recognized Reference Strain: Committee on Enteroviruses, Virology 16: 501-504, 1962. Does not grow or produce CPE in H cell lines. Non-pathogenic for Mk, Ha, GP, Rab, nbM or CE. Recognized Reference Strain: Committee on Enteroviruses, Virology 16: 501-504, 1962.
Related Products: antiserum:ATCC VR-1068AS/HO
References : 32647: Hammon WM, et al. Isolation and characterization of prototype viruses ECHO-26, ECHO-27, Coxsackie B-6. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 103: 164-168, 1960. PubMed: 14399342