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Virus Name:
Murray Valley encephalitis
Abbreviation:
MVEV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
3
SALS Basis
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Antigenic Group
B
Remarks
MVE Virus, when suitably diluted, produces well defined pocks on the CAM of 10-12 day chick embryos. In this situation the virus is not neutralized by specific antibody and consequently inoculation of the CAM is the method of choice for the isolation of this virus from clinical material. Two of the 1951 isolations were made only on the CAM, in these instances mouse inoculations failed
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