ATCC? Number:VR-1209?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Caraparu virus
Strain: Be An 3994 [V-543-001-522]
Original Source: Presumed from serum from Cebus apella, adult female, Brazil, 1956
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; 3 to 4 week old mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation mouse; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); HEp-2 cells (ATCCCCL-23); human embryonic intestine cells; monkey kidney cells in tissue culture
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C). Related by HAI and NT to Apeu, and by CF to Itaqui. Closely related to Mardrid virus from Panama.
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