ATCC® Number:VR-609™
Classification: Rickettsiae
Agent: Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hayashi) Ogata deposited as Rickettsia orientalis Nagayo et al.
Strain: Scrub typhus strain Kato
Original Source: Blood of patient in Niigata Pref., Japan
Depositors: M Bozeman, B Elisberg
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : 7 day chicken embryo, yolk sac inoculation chicken embryo; mouse; guinea pig
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Mice convalescent from infection with this strain are resistant to other scrub typhus strains. BSL III practices and facilities are recommended for propagative laboratory procedures.
References : 33705: Shishido A. . Jpn. J. Med. Sci. Biol. 11: 383, 1958.