ATCC? Number:VR-417?
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Cowbone Ridge virus
Strain: W-10986
Original Source: Heart and lung from adult male Sigmodon hispidus (Cotton rat), Florida, 1965
Depositors: CDC
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 7-9 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 37C). No arthropod vector demonstrated. HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 37C). No arthropod vector demonstrated.
References : 24648: Calisher CH, et al. Cowbone Ridge virus, a new group B arbovirus from South Florida. Am. J. Epidemiol. 89: 211-216, 1969. PubMed: 5765958