ATCC? Number:VR-420?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Bunyavirus
Agent: Guama virus deposited as Moju virus
Strain: Be Ar 12590
Original Source: Culex (Melanoconion) spp., Brazil, 1959
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C). Most closely related to Guama virus by HAI, CF, and NT.
References : 34104: . Catalogue of arthropod-borne viruses of the world. USPHS Pub. No. 1760Washington, DC: U.S. GPO; 1967.