ATCC? Number:VR-569?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Kairi virus
Strain: TRVL 8900
Original Source: Aedes (O.) scapularis female, Trinidad, 1955
Depositors: Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse, i.c. or i.p. inoculation; mouse, 3 to 4 week old, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
Comments : No HA produced.
References : 24588: Aitken TH, et al. Kairi virus, a new virus from Trinidadian forest mosquitoes. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 9: 70-72, 1960. PubMed: 13793361