ATCC? Number:VR-457?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Nyando virus
Strain: MP 401
Original Source: Anopheles funestus adult female, East Africa, 1959
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 5.8 - 6.1), but antigen very labile.
References : 24653: Woodall JP, et al. Nyando virus: A hitherto undescribed virus isolated from Anopheles funestus giles collected in Kenya. Arch. Gesamte Virusforsch. 15: 422-427, 1965. PubMed: 14292787