ATCC? Number:VR-444?
Classification: Bunyaviridae
Agent: Bhanja virus
Strain: G690
Original Source: Whole adult female and male triturated ticks, Haemaphyaelis intermedia, collected from a paralyzed goat, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; Vero cells (ATCCCCL-81); BS-C-1 cells (ATCCCCL-26)
Incubation : Duration: 3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (plaques formation) in Vero cells Yes, in vivo effects: Death in suckling mice Yes, in vitro effects: Replication in BSC-1 cells
Comments : Less than 220 nm as estimated by filtration. Sensitive to sodium deoxycholate. HA produced in goose RBC between pH 5.8-6.4 and at 27C. Indistinguishable from Ibadan, Ar 2709.
References : 24515: Verani P, et al. Isolation of Bhanja virus from Haemaphysalis ticks in Italy. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 19: 103-105, 1970. PubMed: 5416280 24603: Shah KV, Work TH. Bhanja virus: a new arbovirus from ticks Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909, in Orissa, India. Indian J. Med. Res. 57: 793-798, 1969. PubMed: 5820426 34119: . International catalogue of arboviruses. 2nd ed.Bethesda, MD: DHEW; 1975.