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00.011.0.01.001.01.001. Bunyamwera, Original

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.011.0.01.001.01.001. Bunyamwera, Original. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA

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Table of Contents

Isolate Description

Isolate designation: Original.
Isolation date: 08 December 1943.
Location: Bunyamwera III; uninhabited area in Western; Uganda. Site longitude 0 ° 51 '. Site latitude 29 ° 59 '.

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: Aedes spp.
Virus was isolated from a batch of 14 species of adults (female Aedes sp).

Collection and Isolation Details
Virus was isolated by Smithburn and coll. Entabbe; Uganda.

Reference to Isolation Report
Smithburn, K.C. et al., (1946) Amer. J. Trop. Med. 26:189.

Depositories and Collections

The isolate has been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and is listed in the ATCC catalogue with the reference number [VR-87].

Biocontainment Level

Distribution of this virus falls under quarantine restrictions. It is recommended to handle this virus at the biocontainment level BSL-2.

Classification

This is a description of an invertebrate and vertebrate virus at the strain level.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.011.0.01.001.01.001. Virus accession number: 11101013.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Virus is assigned to species Bunyamwera virus of the genus 00.011.0.01. Orthobunyavirus; of the family 00.011. Bunyaviridae.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is segmented and consists of three segments of linear negative-sense, single-stranded RNA.

Diagnostics and Reference Collections

Antisera are commercially available from American Type Culture Collection. Antiserum [VR-1202].

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Domain
Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya
Kingdom Animalia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda and Chordata.

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda; Class Insecta; Subclass Pterygota (winged insects), Order Diptera.

Phylum Vertebrata
Subphylum Vertebrata; Class Mammalia.

Class Mammalia Order Primates;
Family Hominidae.
Virus infects Homo sapiens (human).

General Symptoms in Animals Infection can affect the nervous system, musculo-skeletal system, and dermis, mucosa or epithelium. General symptoms include fever, rashes, and stiff neck. Signs and symptoms include meningitis and encephalitis.

Severity and Occurrence of Disease

Host: The disease is listed in the classification of International Disease Code (ICD-10) ([A87.9] meningitis; [A86] encephalitis).

Host:
Experimental host is susceptible to infection Macaca mulatta (Rhesus monkey). Experimentally infected hosts mainly show symptoms of debility, after cutaneous injection death occurred within 13 weeks.

Host 2: Virus infects under experimental conditions Mus musculus (house mouse).

Diagnostic Hosts

For virus isolation the most commonly used test animals are Mus musculus. Virus has been propagated in experimental animals.

Maintenance and Propagation Hosts

Most commonly used maintenance and propagation host species are Mice, Hamster.

Geographical Distribution

The virus occurs in South Africa, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, and Senegal.

References

CRORA-Bunyamwera.



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