ATCC® Number:VR-1585™
Classification: Togaviridae, Alphavirus
Agent: Sindbis virus
Strain: Ar-339 (TC adapted)
Original Source: Culex univittatus, Egypt, 1952
Depositors: M Theiler
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days at 37C in tissue culture
Effect : Yes, Cytopathic effect: refractile rounding and sloughing
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1248
References : 32771: Taylor RM, et al. Sindbis virus: a newly recognized arthropodtransmitted virus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 4: 844-862, 1955. PubMed: 13259009