ATCC® Number:VR-308™
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Marituba virus
Strain: BeAn 15
Original Source: Serum from sentinel Cebus apella, Brazil, 1954
Depositors: J Casals
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; Cebus monkey; HeLa cells (ATCCCCL-2); Det-6 cells; HEp-1 cells; HEp-2 cells (ATCCCCL-23); human embryonic intestine cells; monkey kidney cells
Incubation : Duration: 1-2 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, room temperature). Cannot by distinguished from Apeu by CF. HAI most specific.
References : 24530: Casals J, Whitman L. Group C, a new serological group of hitherto undescribed arthropod-borne viruses. Immunological studies. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 250-258, 1961. PubMed: 13691233 24581: Causey CE, et al. The isolation of arthropod-borne viruses, including members of two hitherto undescribed serological groups, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 227-249, 1961. PubMed: 13691675