ATCC? Number:VR-469?
Classification: Togavirus, Alphavirus
Agent: Triniti
Strain: TRVL 7994
Original Source: Trichoprosopon spp., Trinidad, 1955
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation suckling mouse; mouse, 3 to 4 weeks old, i.c. inoculation; hamster, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 6-9 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced.
References : 33610: Spence L, et al. Triniti virus, a new agent isolated from trinidadian mosquitoes. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 13: 114-117, 1964. PubMed: 14106041