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Virus Name: Murray Valley encephalitis

Abbreviation: MVEV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

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

Other Information
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Antigenic Group
B

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


Man	3/16		Victoria and New South Wales, Australia (1)
Man		109/1,524 CF	Northern Victoria, Australia (12)
Man	1/1		South Australia (10)
Man		15/55 CF,NT	Australia (12)
Man	1		NW Australia (23)
Man	1/1	140/485 NT	New Guinea (22)
Domestic animals
Horses		31/62 CF	Northern Victoria, Australia (12)
Dogs		5/10 CF
Foxes		5/9 CF	Mildura, Victoria, Australia (12)
Opossum		2/3 CF
Birds
Water birds		40/99 NT
Land birds		11/60 NT
Domestic chicks		31/56 NT
Arthropods
Cx annulirostris	5/8,963		Mitchell River Mission Australia (13)
Ae normanensis	1/904
Cx bitaeniorhynchus	1/682
Sentinal chickens	2		Australia (28)
Whitefaced heron (blood)	1		Australia (29)

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