ATCC? Number:VR-1208?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bwamba virus
Strain: M459 [V-501-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from blood serum from 24-year-old male with febrile illness, Uganda, 1937
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : mouse, i.c. inoculation
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Illness and death
Comments : Brain tissues of small mice, harvested on the third day, may be expected to have titers of 10(e7) to 10(e8). M459 originates from stock purified by terminal dilution.
References : 32735: Smithburn KC. . Amer. J. Trop. Med. 21: 75, 1941.