ATCC? Number:VR-78?
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Ntaya virus
Strain: Original
Original Source: Mosquitoes of Ntaya swamp, Western Uganda, 1943
Depositors: J Casals
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation mosquito; mouse; other mammals
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Extracts of infected brain tissue will agglutinate goose RBC. Neutralizing antibody commonly found in human sera from residents of East Africa. Extracts of infected brain tissue will agglutinate goose RBC. Neutralizing antibody commonly found in human sera from residents of East Africa.
References : 24658: Haddow AJ, Smithburn KC. Ntaya virus; a hitherto unknown agent isolated from mosquitoes collected in Uganda. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 77: 130-133, 1951. PubMed: 14844417