ATCC? Number:VR-298?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bunyamwera virus deposited as Cache Valley virus
Strain: Original
Original Source: Mosquitoes (Culiseta inornata) collected in Utah, 1956
Depositors: P Holden
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 3-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: CNS signs and death
Comments : HA not demonstrated at this passage level.
References : 24597: Hess AD, Holden P. Cache Valley virus, a previously undescribed mosquito-borne agent. Science 130: 1187-1188, 1959. PubMed: 14402567