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Virus Name: Germiston

Abbreviation: GERV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information
Hepa Filtration

Antigenic Group
Bunyamwera

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

	GER Virus				GER Antibody
Antibodies	HI [5]	CF [4]	PRNT [6]	Antigens	HI [5]	CF [4]	PRNT [6]


Results expressed as quotient of homologous/heterologous (Ho/Ht) titers; - = Ht PRNT titer of <1:20.
Bunyamwera	2	16	46	Bunyamwera	>64	>512	-
Batai	8		256	Batai	>64		-
Ilesha	1	16	-	Ilesha	>64	>512	-
Tensaw	64		-	Tensaw	>64		-
Cache Valley	>32		-	Cache Valley	32		-
Maguari	32		-	Maguari	>64		-
Lokern	16		-	Lokern	>64		-
Main Drain	>16		-	Main Drain	>64		-
Kairi	8		-	Kairi	>64		-
Sororoca	8		-	Sororoca	>64		-
Shokwe		32	-	Shokwe		128	-
Birao		256	-	Birao		>1024	-
Anhembi			-	Anhembi			-
Wyeomyia			-	Wyeomyia			-
Northway			-	Northway			-
Tlacotalpan			-	Tlacotalpan			-

In the original desciption of GER, there was significant reciprocal neutralization with BUN virus in an adult mouse NT, but the viruses were readily separable by HI and CF [1] .

Cross-neutralization studies indicated that GER virus is a distinct member of the Bunyamwera serogroup; it has been placed in the Bunyamwera complex, one of five complexes comprising that serogroup at that time [6] .

For further studies see Reference [7] .

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