ATCC® Number:VR-1438™
Classification: Paramyxoviridae, Paramyxovirinae, Rubulavirus
Agent: Mumps virus deposited as Mumps
Strain: Jones
Original Source: Throat washing one day after onset of parotitis
Depositors: F Deinhardt, G Shramek
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : chicken embryo fibroblasts chicken embryo fibroblasts; human kidney cells; marmoset kidney cells; rhesus monkey kidney cells; HEp-2 cells (ATCCCCL-23)
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 5-7 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : The Jones strain was passaged extensively in CE and CE TC to attenuate it for man.
References : 33179: Shramek G, Deinhardt F. Development of an attenuated mumps virus vaccine. II. Immune response of animals to vaccination with inactivated and live attenuated mumps viruses. J. Immunol. 102: 1093-1098, 1969. PubMed: 5768187