ATCC? Number:VR-406?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Catu virus
Strain: Be H 151
Original Source: Serum from a 17-year-old male
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
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; mouse embryo cells in tissue culture; BHK-21(C-13) cells (ATCCCCL-10)
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C).
References : 24581: Causey CE, et al. The isolation of arthropod-borne viruses, including members of two hitherto undescribed serological groups, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 227-249, 1961. PubMed: 13691675 24582: Casals J, Whitman L. The Guama group: a new serological group of hitherto underscribed viruses. Immunological studies. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 259-263, 1961. PubMed: 13784920