ATCC® Number:VR-446™
Classification: Unclassified
Agent: Venkatapuram
Strain: IG 2464
Original Source: Whole triturated adult female mosquitoes (Culex vishnui), Venkatapuram, Madras State, India, 1955
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation; chicken embryo, yolk sac; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81); LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7)
Incubation : Duration: 5-6 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (plaque formation) in Vero and LLC-MK2 cells Yes, in vivo effects: death in suckling mouse and chicken embryo
Comments : No HA produced. Chloroform and sodium deoxycholate sensitive. Nonpathogenic in sM by i.p. route. No HA produced. Chloroform and sodium deoxycholate sensitive. Nonpathogenic in sM by i.p. route. 10% sM brain suspension
References : 34114: Dandawate CN, et al. Virus isolations from mosquitoes collected in North Arcot district, Madras state, and Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh between November 1955 and October 1957. Indian J. Med. Res. 57: 1420-1426, 1969. PubMed: 4395257 34115: . International catalogue of arboviruses. 2nd ed.Bethesda, MD: DHEW; 0.