ATCC® Number:VR-413™
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Simbu virus
Strain: SA Ar 53
Original Source: Aedes (N.) circumluteolus, South Africa, 1955
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; mouse, 3 to 4 weeks old, i.c. inoculation; hamster kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 2-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced. Unstable in 0.75% bovine albumin even when stored at -20c. Reciprocally related by CF to Oropouche, Sathuperi, Akabane.
References : 24624: et al., Weinbren MP. . S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 22: 93, 1957.
