ATCC® Number:VR-1248™
Classification: Togaviridae, Alphavirus
Agent: Sindbis virus
Strain: Ar-339 (Original) [V-560-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from Culex univittatus, Egypt, 1952
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse; birds, chicken embryo (yolk sac and cells)
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Paralysis and death
Related Products: immune ascites fluid:ATCC VR-1248AFalso distributed as:ATCC VR-68
References : 32771: Taylor RM, et al. Sindbis virus: a newly recognized arthropodtransmitted virus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 4: 844-862, 1955. PubMed: 13259009