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Virus Name:
Bwamba
Abbreviation:
BWAV
Status
Probable Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
2
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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Antigenic Group
Bwamba
Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses
Bwamba virus belongs in the Bwamba Group.
Cross-reactive in NT with Pongola virus [4] but not in quantitative reciprocal manner.
Dex Virus Neutralized
Monkey Antiserum to:
Bwamba
Pongola
Bwamba:
Serum 1
2.22
2.40
Serum 2
2.75
2.12
Serum 3
4.8
4.56
Pongola:
Serum 1
0
3.05
Serum 2
0
2.59
No relation to any other virus has been revealed by comprehensive NT [10] ; distant relationships with other groups have been noted by HI and CF tests [19] , which for practical reasons were not considered sufficiently strong to warrant a consolidation of the different groups although all these serogroups now comprise the Bunyamwera Supergroup [19] , [26] .
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