ATCC? Number:VR-388?
Classification: Reoviridae, Orbivirus
Agent: Irituia
Strain: Be An 28873
Original Source: Oryzomys sp., Brazil, 1961
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; BHK-21(C-13) cells (ATCCCCL-10)
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced. Related by CF to Changuinola virus.
References : 33557: . Catalogue of arthropod-borne viruses of the world. USPHS Pub. No. 1760Washington, DC: U.S. GPO; 1967.