ATCC® Number:VR-455™
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bertioga virus deposited as Mirim virus
Strain: Be An 7722
Original Source: Cebus apella, serum from sentinel animal Brazil, 1957
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation or i.p. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 6 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : HA produced (Opt. pH 6.0, 27C).
References : 34112: . Catalogue of arthropod-borne viruses of the world. USPHS Pub. No. 1760Washington, DC: U.S. GPO; 1967.