ATCC® Number:VR-475™
Classification: Rhabdovirus
Agent: Kwatta
Strain: A-57 [TRVL 58603]
Original Source: Female adult Culex spp., Paramaribo, 1964
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. inoculation suckling mouse
Incubation : Duration: 8 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced.
References : 33614: De Haas RA, et al. Kwatta virus, a new agent isolated from Culex mosquitoes in Surinam. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 954-957, 1966. PubMed: 5959109