ATCC® Number:VR-1272™
Classification: Arenaviridae, Arenavirus, New World Arenaviruses
Agent: Tacaribe virus
Strain: TRVL 11573 [V-544-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from brain of bat (Artibeus literatus palmarum) Port of Spain, British West Indies, 1956
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : mouse, 1 day old, i.c. inoculation newborn mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; mouse, i.c. inoculation; bat, chicken embryo, yolk sac, monkey kidney cells; hamster kidney cells
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Paralysis, convulsions, death
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-114immune ascites fluid:ATCC VR-1272AF
References : 24555: Downs WG. . Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 12: 640, 1963.