ATCC? Number:VR-563?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bushbush virus deposited as Juan Diaz virus
Strain: Maru 8563
Original Source: Brain of 2-day-old sentinel mouse with convulsion and paralysis, Panama, 1962
Depositors: G Justines
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81)
Incubation : Duration: 2-4 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: cytopathic effects in tissue culture (plaques)
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0).
References : 33650: . Juan Diaz (JD) strain. MARU 8563. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: Suppl:1149-Suppl:1150, 1970. PubMed: 5491858