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Capim virus
ATCC? Number:VR-386?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Capim virus
Strain: Be An 8582
Original Source: opossum, Caluromys philander, Brazil, 1958
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 5-6 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C). Related to Guama by HAI.
References : 33556: . Catalogue of arthropod-borne viruses of the world. USPHS Pub. No. 1760Washington, DC: U.S. GPO; 1967.