ATCC? Number:VR-384?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bwamba virus deposited as Pongola virus
Strain: SA Ar 1
Original Source: Aedes (N.) circumluteolus, South Africa, 1955
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; mouse, 3 to 4 week old), i. .c. inoculation; hamster kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced. Related to Bwamba by NT and CF.
References : 24623: et al., Kokernot RH. . S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 22: 81, 1957.