ATCC? Number:VR-627?
Classification: Rhabdovirus
Agent: Mount Elgon bat virus
Strain: BP 846
Original Source: Salivary glands of adult male bat, Rhinolophus hildebrandtii eloguens, Kenya, 1964
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; newborn guinea pig, i .c. inoculation; chicken embryo
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Filterable through Gradocol membrane APD 450nm but not APD 200nm. Sensitive to 50% ether. 10% sM brain suspension
References : 33722: Metselaar D, et al. Mount Elgon bat virus: a hitherto undescribed virus from Rhinolophus hildebrandtii eloquens K. Anderson. Arch. Gesamte Virusforsch. 26: 183-193, 1969. PubMed: 4977293