“…Nf69 (ATCC 30215), a clinical isolate used as a reference strain in these studies was obtained from a 9-year-old boy in Adelaide, Australia who died in 1969 (34)(35)(36), and 6088 (ATCC 30896), obtained from a 9-year-old girl in California who survived in 1978 (37,38), were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). V067, isolated from a 30year-old male in Arizona who died in 1987 (39,40), V206, isolated from a man in Mexico who died in 1990 (39), V413, isolated from a 17-year-old boy in Texas who died in 1998 (39,40), V597, isolated from a 10-year-old boy in Florida who died in 2007, V631, isolated from a 28year-old man in in Louisiana who died in 2011 (41), Davis, isolated from an individual in Florida who died in 1998 (30), HB1, isolated from a 16-year-old boy in Florida who died in 1966 (25,(42)(43)(44), HB4, isolated from a female in Virginia who died in 1977 (38,45,46), and Ty, obtained from a 14-year-old boy in Virginia who died in 1969 (30,32,38,47,48) were all kindly provided by Dr. Ibne Ali at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).…”