ATCC? Number:VR-389?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Caraparu virus deposited as Ossa virus
Strain: BT 1820
Original Source: Serum of 56-year-old man, (Homo sapiens) Panama, 1961
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; mouse, 3 to 4 week old, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 2 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (serum).
References : 24631: Paesdeandrade A, et al. Isolation of two antigenically distinct arthropod-borne viruses of group C in Panama. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 13: 839-843, 1964. PubMed: 14222439