ATCC® Number:VR-597™
Classification: Rickettsiae
Agent: Rickettsia conorii Brumpt
Strain: Indian Tick Typhus
Original Source: Testicular washings and minced tunica of guinea pig injected with infected ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus).
Depositors: M Bozeman
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : chicken embryo chicken embryo; guinea pig
Incubation : Duration: 4 days at 35C in CE
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: death of chicken embryo Yes, in vivo effects: fever and scrotal reaction in guinea pig
Comments : Harvest 2 days after death of E for best yield.
References : 33692: Philip CB. . Exp. Parasitol. 1(2): 129, 1952. 33693: Philip CB. Fifth International Congr. Microbiol., Rio de Janeiro, Abstract. : ; 1950.