ATCC® Number:VR-537™
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Montana myotis leukoencephalitis virus
Strain: MML
Original Source: Naturally infected bat captured in Montana, 1958
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; mouse, i.c. inoculation; may be adapted to 8-day chicken embryo (amnion); KB cells (ATCCCCL-17)
Incubation : Duration: 7 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Paresis, death
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 22C). No arthropod vector demonstrated.
Related Products: also distributed as:ATCC VR-1261