ATCC? Number:VR-311?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Oriboca virus deposited as Itaqui virus
Strain: Be An 12752
Original Source: Blood from adult sentinel mouse, Brazil, 1959
Depositors: J Casals
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; mouse; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2)
Incubation : Duration: 1 day (3-day-old sM, i.c.)
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : Related by HAI and NT to Oriboca virus; indistinguishable by CF from Caraparu virus. HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C).
References : 24551: Shope RE. . Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 264, 1961. 24552: Causey OR, Shope RE. Further studies on the serological relationships of group C arthropod-borne viruses and the application of these relationships to rapid identification of types. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 11: 283-290, 1962. PubMed: 13912242