ATCC® Number:VR-383™
Agent: Lukuni
Strain: TRVL-10076
Original Source: Aedes scapularis, Trinidad, 1955
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse; mouse, 3 to 4 weeks old, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 3-4 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
References : 24566: Spence L, et al. Bushbush, Ieri and Lukuni viruses, three unrelated new agents isolated from Trinidadian forest mosquitoes. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 125: 45-50, 1967. PubMed: 4381804