Armstrong E-350 strain can be used for immunizing guinea pigs.
Biosafety Level
3
Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
Isolation
Isolated from monkeys initially inoculated with material from a human patient in St. Louis (Missouri), 1933.
Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
-70° or colder
Comments
LCM is highly infectious and may infect laboratory workers or invade animal colonies. See Hellman et al. (1975: Amer. J. Epidem. 101:103) for information on human infections. Armstrong E-350 strain can be used for immunizing guinea pigs.
Effect on Host
Death in suckling mice (i. c. inoculation)
Name of Depositor
NIH/NIAID
Special Collection
ATCC
Source
Isolated from monkeys initially inoculated with material from a human patient in St. Louis (Missouri), 1933.
Year of Origin
1933
References
Armstrong C, Lillie, RD. Experimental lymphocytic choriomeningitis of monkeys and mice produced by a virus encountered in studies of the 1933 St. Louis encephalitis epidemic. Public Health Rep. 49: 1019-1027, 1934.
