ATCC? Number:VR-566?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Main Drain virus
Strain: BFS 5015
Original Source: Culicoides variipennis (pool), California, 1964
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation; mouse, i.c. inoculation; human kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.2, 37C).
References : 32734: Hogan KT, et al. Main Drain (MD) strain. BFS 5015. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: 1109, 1970. PubMed: 4395310