ATCC® Number:VR-2091™
Classification: Picornaviridae, Hepatovirus
Agent: Hepatitis A virus deposited as Hepatitis A
Strain: HM 175 (clone 3)
Original Source: Human stool specimens from outbreak of virus, Australia
Depositors: RJ Daemer
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : primary African green monkey kidney cells
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 3-4 weeks
Effect : No, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects
References : 3568: Feinstone SM, et al. Isolation of hepatitis A virus strain HM-175. US Patent 4,532,215 dated Jul 30 1985 32846: Daemer RJ, et al. Propagation of human hepatitis A virus in African green monkey kidney cell culture: primary isolation and serial passage. Infect. Immun. 32: 383-393, 1981. PubMed: 6260685