West Nile Virus (WNV) Strain: NY 2001-6263 Culture Fluid (1 mL) (BSL-3)

West Nile Virus (Strain: NY 2001-6263) is an enveloped icosahedral Flavivirus that contains positive-sense, single-stranded, linear RNA. This West Nile virus was collected from a human cerebrospinal fluid specimen in September of 2001 from Nassau County, NY**; NCBI GenBank Accession No. AF533540.Each frozen aliquot contains 1 mL of titered viral culture fluid.

Viral culture fluids are sold as consumable testing materials; propagation or commercialization is prohibited without prior written consent from ZeptoMetrix. The suitability and performance characteristics should be determined by your laboratory for each intended usage. These products are NOT intended for use in the manufacture or processing of injectable products subject to licensure under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act or for any other product intended for administration to humans. FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES.

West Nile Virus is a Biosafety Level 3 microorganism and must be used within Biological Safety Level 3 facility. Please consult your institution’s regulations regarding the use of this product. For a detailed discussion on biological safety see the current edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), published by the CDC.