
- Tagged as
 - - Antigen
 - - Diagnostic reagent
 - - Virus
 - - Cultivable virus
 
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: ERASMUS-MC        Shipping From
: Rotterdam - NL
  Product Description
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        011V-02856  This isolate belongs to a unique set of HSV-1 isolates cultured from corneal swabs taken from deceased corneas of otherwise healthy immunecompetent patients with a history of recurrent HSV-1 keratitis in The Netherlands. In-vitro susceptibility profile, and thymidine kinase genotype, have been described for acyclovir, ganciclovir and foscarnet. 
Product Risk Group: 
ICTV Taxonomy: 
Virus name: 
Subspecies: 
Isolate: 
Storage conditions: 
Viral Storage Medium -80C
Sequencing: 
Partial sequence
Infectivity: 
Infectivity tested
Mycoplasmic content: 
Not tested
Special feature: 
GMO: 
No
Biosafety restrictions: 
BSL2
Virus host type: 
Previous Name or Taxonomy: 
Infectivity Test: 
virus stocks generated in Vero cells. Virus production in culture supernatant was tested by HSV-1 specific PCR and HSV-specific immunefluorescence on infected Vero cells.
Production cell line: 
Genbank reference: 
Virus Cultivability: 
Passage: 
5-7
Identification technique: 
HSV-1-specific qPCR
Shipping conditions: 
IATA Classification: 
Note: 
Isolate #R2 is acyclovir-resistant, but ganciclovir and foscarnet sensitive (see PMID: 19795980)
Information about the collection of the virus
Recombinant product: 
No
Biological material origin: 
Natural origin
Collection date: 
Monday, 1 January, 2018
Country of collection: 
Suspected epidemiological origin  : 
Isolation host: 
Isolation technique: 
virus culture in-vitro 
Isolation conditions: 
infection of Vero cells with aliquot virus transport medium containing corneal swab.
Clinical information: 
otherwise healthy immunecompetent patient with recurrent HSV-1 keratitis