ATCC? Number:VR-414?
Classification: Flaviviridae, Flavivirus
Agent: Banzi virus
Strain: H 336
Original Source: Serum of febrile 9-year-old boy, Johannesburg, Africa, 1956
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; mouse, 3 to 4 week old, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; guinea pig, i.c. inoculation; hamster kidney cells; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2)
Incubation : Duration: 3-7 days in sM
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.5). Closely related to, but distinct from, Uganda S virus. Mosquito-borne.
References : 24669: et al., Smithburn KC. . S. Afr. Med. J. 33: 959, 1959.