Isolation of a bunyamwera group arbovirus from a naturally infected caribou.
A Bunyamwera group arbovirus was isolated from the blood and from the brain of a female caribou parasitized with meningeal worms. The virus passed through a 0.45 micron filter; was ether sensitive; possessed no hemagglutination properties; could be propagated in suckling mice, 6-day old chick embryos, and BHK-21 tissue culture; and produced plaques in chick embryo fibroblast tissue culture. Neither complement-fixation or neutralization tests were sensitive enough to determine the serotype of the virus.
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Department of Veterinary Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D002042:Bunyamwera virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D002460:Cell Line; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D051379:Mice; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D012053:Reindeer / Q000821:virology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary