ATCC? Number:VR-390?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Marituba virus deposited as Restan virus
Strain: TRVL 51144
Original Source: Culex (Melanoconion) sp. #9, Trinidad, 1963
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; mouse, 3 to 4 weeks old; hamster, i.p. or i.c. inoculation;
Incubation : Duration: 2 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.2, 37C). Most closely related to Murutucu and Marituba by HAI, CF and NT. Related to Oriboca by CF only, HAI most specific.
References : 33558: . Catalogue of arthropod-borne viruses of the world. USPHS Pub. No. 1760Washington, DC: U.S. GPO; 1967.