Produces degeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes.
Biosafety Level
2
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Isolation
feces from 5-year-old male with paralytic illness, Japan, 1952
Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
-60°C
Comments
Passage should be made with 10% torso-brain suspension. Produces degeneration of muscle with loss of striation and hyaline changes.
Effect on Host
Flaccid paralysis
Recommended Host
suckling mouse, s.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation
suckling mouse
Growth Conditions
Incubation: 3-4 days
Name of Depositor
HA Wenner
Source
feces from 5-year-old male with paralytic illness, Japan, 1952
Year of Origin
1952
References
Sickles GM, et al. Recently classified types of Coxsackie virus, group A; behavior in tissue culture. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 90: 529-531, 1955. PubMed: 13273503
