ATCC® Number:VR-433™
Classification: Rhabdovirus
Agent: Chaco
Strain: Be An 42217
Original Source: Pooled heart and liver from asymptomatic male and female Ameiva ameiva ameiva (lizard), Brazil, 1962
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : 2 to 3 day old mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse, i .c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 8-9 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced. Related to Timbo by CF. Not uniformly lethal for sM by i.p. route. No HA produced. Related to Timbo by CF. Not uniformly lethal for sM by i.p. route.
References : 33545: Causey OR, et al. Marco, Timbo, and Chaco, newly recognized arboviruses from lizards of Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 239-243, 1966. PubMed: 5910529 33546: Monath TP, et al. Viruses isolated from reptiles: identification of three new members of the family Rhabdoviridae. Arch. Virol. 60: 1-12, 1979. PubMed: 90494