ATCC? Number:VR-306?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Caraparu virus deposited as Apeu virus
Strain: Be An 848
Original Source: Serum from Cebus apella, female, adult, Brazil, 1955
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); Det-6; HEp-2 cells (ATCCCCL-23); human embryonic intestine cells; monkey kidney cells; BHK-21(C-13) cells (ATCCCCL-10);
Incubation : Duration: 1 day
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C). Most closely related to Caraparu by HAI and NT, and to Marituba by CF.
References : 24530: Casals J, Whitman L. Group C, a new serological group of hitherto undescribed arthropod-borne viruses. Immunological studies. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 250-258, 1961. PubMed: 13691233 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