ATCC® Number:VR-717™
Classification: Retrovirus, MLV-Related Viruses, Mammalian type C subgenera
Agent: Feline leukemia virus
Strain: MAH (Sarma)
Original Source: Spleen extract from cat with thymic lymphosarcoma
Depositors: PS Sarma, T Log
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : domestic cat; feline embryo fibroblasts cat; feline embryonic kidney cells in tissue culture
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 14-21 days
Effect : Yes, tumorigenicity: Leukemogenic for cats per COCAL test
Comments : This uncloned isolate belongs to interference subgroup A.
References : 33843: Sarma PS, et al. Complement-fixation test for feline leukemia and sarcoma viruses (the COCAL test). Virology 44: 137-145, 1971. PubMed: 5106419 33844: Sarma PS, et al. Differential host range of viruses of feline leukemia-sarcoma complex. Virology 64: 438-446, 1975. PubMed: 166488