ATCC? Number:VR-382?
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Dakar bat virus
Strain: IPD/A 249
Original Source: Salivary glands, Vespertilionides-Scotophilus (bat), Senegal, 1962
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation suckling mouse
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.2, 28C). No arthropod vector demonstrated. HA produced (Opt. pH 6.2, 28C). No arthropod vector demonstrated.
References : 24542: et al., Bres P. . Ann. Inst. Pasteur 104: 705, 1963.