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Virus Name: Lokern

Abbreviation: LOKV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

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

Other Information

Antigenic Group
Bunyamwera

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

Lokern Antigen
		CF ¹	HI ¹	NT ²	Lokern antiserum
Type of Immune Fluid	Immune Fluid or Antigen	Ht/Ho	Ht/Ho	Ht/Ho	CF ¹	HI ¹	NT ²


¹ CF and HI titers are expressed as the reciprocal of the serum or ascitic fluid dilution.
² NT titers are expressed as dex LNI. Tests with hyperimmune sera or ascitic fluids were performed in SM inoculated ic, whereas tests with immune hamster serum were done by plaque reduction in Vero cell cultures.
³ Reagents and facilities of the Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, New Haven, Connecticut, were made available through the courtesy of Dr. W.G. Downs and Dr. R.E. Shope for conducting HI tests. CF tests were done by Dr. R.E. Shope.
Hyperimmune mouse serum or ascitic fluid ³	Lokern	512	640	3.7	512	640	3.7
Cache Valley	32/64	0/80		256	20
Maguari	16/64	20/320		256	80
Tlacotalpan	512/512	40/320		128	40
Tensaw	128/512	20/1280		256	160
Main Drain	64/128	0/1280	0.3/2.1	256	0	0.0
Immune hamster serum	Lokern		160	3.8		160	3.8
Cache Valley		20/80	1.4/2.1		0	0.8
Maguari		20/160	1.9/1.8		20	0.4
Tensaw		80/640	3.0/2.0		0	0.3
Main Drain		0/80	0.0/2.5		0	0.0

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