ATCC? Number:VR-560?
Classification: Reoviridae, Orbivirus
Agent: Matucare virus
Strain: Maru 21343
Original Source: tick tissues from sM, Bolivia, 1963
Depositors: KM Johnson
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; suckling hamster; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81)
Incubation : Duration: 3-6 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (plaque formation) in tissue culture Yes, in vivo effects: death
Comments : No HA produced. Sensitive to sodium deoxycholate and chloroform. RNA virus. No HA produced. Sensitive to sodium deoxycholate and chloroform. RNA virus.
References : 33645: Hogan KT, et al. Matucare (MAT) strain. MARU 21343. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: 1131-1132, 1970. PubMed: 5491853 33646: Justines G, Kuns ML. Matucare virus, a new agent recovered from Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) boliviensis. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: 697-702, 1970. PubMed: 4987550