ATCC? Number:VR-1202?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bunyamwera virus
Strain: Original [V-565-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from Aedes spp. mosquitoes caught in Bunyamwera, an uninhabited area in Western Uganda, 1943
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Death of mice inoculated i.c
Comments : Agglutinates goose RBC. Inactivated by ether and sodium deoxycholate. Transmitted by mosquitoes.
References : 32732: Smithburn KC. . Amer. J. Trop. Med. 26: 189, 1946.