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  Machupo   MACV

Not Arbovirus

Yes

4

Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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Tacaribe
Section IV - Virus Properties
Physicochemical
RNA, Single Strand
 

2 viral


30-31S;22-24 3 host RNAs in virion (12)(S)









(S)


(S)

Stability of Infectivity (effects)






<5.0 dex

5.3 dex




Rapidly inactivated at 25 C and higher (5).

Virion Morphology

Resembles LCM, Tacaribe (8)

Approximately 150 nm

nm

nm

Gradocol membrane (results provisional)



Morphogenesis






Hemagglutination

No

SHB, spleen, liver several passage levels; crude alkaline,sucrose-acetone extracts.

Several*

5.5-7.5


4dC, 37dC


* Goose, wet chick, human, sheep, pigeon, Geoffrey's marmoset, hamster, mouse.

CF, NT

* Goose, wet chick, human, sheep, pigeon, Geoffrey's marmoset, hamster, mouse.
 
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