ATCC? Number:VR-81?
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Uganda S virus
Strain: Original
Original Source: Suspension of 65 arboreal Aedes spp. mosquitoes, Uganda, Africa, 1947
Depositors: J Casals
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation mouse; hamster; chicken embryo
Incubation : Duration: 3-4 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Infected brain tissue will have a titer of about 10(e6). Agglutinates goose and chicken RBC. Inactivated by ether and by sodium deoxycholate. No recognized laboratory infection. Infected brain tissue will have a titer of about 10(e6). Agglutinates goose and chicken RBC. Inactivated by ether and by sodium deoxycholate. No recognized laboratory infection.
References : 33916: Dick GW. . Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 46: 600, 1952.