ATCC® Number:VR-437™
Classification: Rhabdovirus
Agent: Aruac
Strain: TRVL 9223
Original Source: Pool of adult mosquitoes, Trichoprosopon theobaldi, 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, i .c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced.
References : 33594: Spence L, et al. Aruac virus, a new agent isolated from Trinidadian mosquitoes. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 231-234, 1966. PubMed: 4379644