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Virology

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Critical solutions for established and emerging viral pathogens


Global viral outbreaks demand speed, confidence, and trusted materials. As new and re‑emerging viral threats continue to challenge global health, ATCC empowers virologists with authenticated, high‑quality viruses, nucleic acids, and associated reagents—enabling reliable data, reproducible results, and faster scientific progress across critical areas of virology research.

  • Diagnostic assay development and validation
  • Antiviral drug discovery and screening
  • Vaccine research and development
  • Viral vector development and characterization
  • Host-pathogen interaction studies
  • Viral biology and life cycle studies

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ATCC Virology Resources

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Animal Viruses

ATCC provides a growing portfolio of clinically relevant animal viral strains, genomic and synthetic nucleic acids, antibodies, and antisera. 

Bacteriophages

Explore the use of bacteriophages in food safety, antimicrobial resistance research, microbiome research, and phage typing.

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Molecular Clones

Explore plasmid clones of viral genomes. Applications include use as positive controls, hybridization probes, or templates for amplification.

Plant Viruses

Support your plant disease research with a variety of plant viruses, related antisera, and molecular clones. 

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Antibodies and Antisera

We offer immunological reagents to many viral agents, including neutralizing antisera, ascites fluid, and monoclonal antibodies.

Nucleic acids

ATCC nucleic acids can save you the time and expense of isolating DNA or RNA yourself. Explore our collection of genomic and synthetic preparations.

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Purified Viruses

These high-titer, purified viruses are quantified by ddPCR for assay development, basic research, and screening studies.

Viral Reference Materials

Human adenovirus and AAV preparations can be used to calibrate the infectious titer and particle concentration of your laboratory's adenoviral and AAV vector controls. 

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How do you culture viruses?

Whether you're new to virology or looking to refine your techniques, we have the perfect resource for you—our virology culture guide.

This comprehensive guide covers:

  • Getting started with an ATCC viral strain
  • Viral replication and propagation
  • Growth media for tissue culture–adapted viruses
  • Preservation techniques
  • Biosafety and disposal
  • Viral authentication and viability testing

Virology culture guide

 

Featured Products

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SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies prepared against the SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike protein or the spike glycoprotein receptor binding domain.

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant

Heat-inactivated preparation of strain USA/GA-EHC-2811C/2021. This strain was isolated in December 2021 from a clinical specimen in Georgia, USA.

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Genomic RNA from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant

Whole-genome sequenced preparation derived from strain USA/GA-EHC-2811C/2021.

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SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant

Heat-inactivated preparation of strain USA/MD-HP05285/2021. This strain was isolated from a clinical specimen in Maryland.

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Influenza A

Get your research influenza research started faster with a tissue culture–adapted strain.

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Synthetic RNA for Dengue virus type 4

This preparation can be used as a standard for validation and verification studies.

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Genomic RNA from Human respiratory syncytial virus

Use this preparation in assay development, verification, validation, and monitoring of day-to-day test variation for RSV, a major cause of serious respiratory illness in young children. 

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Quantitative Synthetic West Nile Virus RNA

This quantitative synthetic molecular standard for West Nile virus allows for the generation of a standard curve for quantitative PCR (qPCR) to determine viral load.

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Rabies virus

Explore the use of this strain as a challenge virus in the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition technique (RFFIT) for the determination of rabies neutralizing antibody levels.

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