ATCC? Number:VR-88?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bwamba virus
Strain: M459
Original Source: Blood serum from 24-year-old male with febrile illness, Uganda, 1937
Depositors: KC Smithburn
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : newborn mouse, i.p. inoculation; mouse, i.c. or i.n. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 3-9 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Brain tissues from infected mice may be expected to have titers of 10(e7)-10(e8) for nb and adult mice (i.c.)
References : 32735: Smithburn KC. . Amer. J. Trop. Med. 21: 75, 1941.