Poliovirus Reference Strains

Last updated: 08/05/2024

Human polioviruses (PV)
Enterovirus
species*
Serotype Strain Origin Year Illness Source Reference
PV PV-1 Brunhilde Maryland 1939 Paralytic polio Faeces Howe and Bodian, 1941; Bodian et al., 1949
Mahoney Ohio 1941 none Faeces see ATCC catalogue
PV PV-2 Lansing Michigan 1937 Fatal paralytic polio Brain tissue Kessel et al., 1946
PV PV-3 Leon California 1937 Fatal paralytic polio Spinal cord Armstrong, 1939; ?
* PV, Poliovirus

 

References

Howe and Bodian, 1941 (Bull. J. Hopk. Hosp. 69: 149)

Bodian et al., 1949 (Am. J. Hyg. 49: 234)

Armstrong, 1939 (Public Health Repts. 54: 1719, 2302

Kessel et al., 1946 (Am. J. Hyg. 43: 82)