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Virus Name: Alfuy

Abbreviation: ALFV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

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Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

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Antigenic Group
B

Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses

MRM3929 was inhibited by antisera to group B viruses; no relation was found by HI, CF or neutralization tests to group A, Koongol group or ungrouped viruses isolated in Australia .

CF and neutralization tests with available group B antigens and antisera give these results.

Immune Sera ^a	CF		NT ^b	CF		NT ^b
	MRM3929 Antigen			MRM3929 Antiserum
or Antigens	Ht/Ho	Ratio	Ht/Ho	Ht/Ho	Ratio	Ht/Ho


^a Antisera prepared by 3 weekly intraperitoneal inoculations in weaned mice 10088 .
^b Log neutralization indices of sera diluted 1:5 and heated 56C/30 mins., determined by intraperitoneal inoculation of infant mice 10088 , and expressed in dex.
MVE (MRM66)	32/64	1/2	2.9/4.8	64/>128	<1/2	2.8/5.0
Kunjin (MRM16)	64/>128	<1/2	4.0/6.0	64/>128	<1/2	4.2/5.0
West Nile	64/64	1	>4.2/>7.2	32/>128	<1/4	2.4/5.0
(Sarafend)
JBE (Nakayama)	32/32	1	3.7/4.8	32/>128	<1/4	2.8/5.0
SLE (Hubbard)	64/>128	1/>2	3.5/>6.2	64/>128	<1/2	3.5/5.0
Kokobera (MRM32)	<8/64	<1/8		8/>128	<1/16	<2.0/5.0
Edge Hill (C281)	<8/128	<1/16		16/>128	<1/8	<2.0/5.0
Stratford (C338)			1.9/2.8			2.1/5.0

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