ATCC® Number:VR-564™
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Gamboa virus deposited as Gamboa
Strain: Maru 10962
Original Source: Whole triturated mosquitoes, Aedomyia squamipennis
Depositors: G Justines
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation; mouse, i.c. inoculation; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81)
Incubation : Duration: 5-6 days (sM), 2-4 days (Vero)
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 26C). Distant one-way relationship to Bushbush by CF.
References : 33651: . Gamboa (GAM) strain. MARU 10962. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: Suppl:1153-Suppl:1154, 1970. PubMed: 5491860