Isolation and Characterization of Prototype Viruses ECHO-26,ECHO-27,Coxsackie B-6. ∗ †

Summary

Herein are described the antigenic specificity and biologic properties of 3 new prototype human enteroviruses, ECHO's 26 and 27 and Coxsackie B-6. All 3 fulfill the necessary criteria descriptive of their respective enterovirus group and have been assigned numbers by the Committee on Enteroviruses. All 3 were isolated from rectal swabs taken from healthy persons living in the Philippines in 1953.