ATCC? Number:VR-1207?
Classification: Bunyaviridae,Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Wyeomyia virus
Strain: Original [V-508-011-522]
Original Source: Presumed from Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) melanocephala mosquitoes, Colombia, 1940
Depositors: NIH/NIAID
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : mouse;newborn mouse, i.c. or i p. inoculation; hamster, i.c. inoculation
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Paralysis and death
References : 24671: et al., Roca-Garcia M. . J. Infect. Dis. 75: 160, 1944.