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Virus Name: Mboke

Abbreviation: MBOV

Status
Possible Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level

SALS Basis

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Antigenic Group
Bunyamwera

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

Institut Pasteur Dakar, J.P. Digoutte and G. Heme

CF test-homologous titer = 32/128

ArY 357 gives positive results with the following immune fluids: Bunyamwera, Ilesha, Shokwe, Birao, ArB 7343 (Bozo), ArD 28542 (Ngari)

Neutralization tests with these viruses gives the following results by the plaque-reduction technique on Vero cells.

ANTISERA	VIRUS
	MBOKE	BUNYAMWERA	ILESHA	SHOKWE	BIRAO	BOZO (ArB 743)	NGARI (ArD28542)


^* Reciprocal fo highest antiserum dilution producing >90% plaque inhibition; 0 = <16.
Mboke (ArY 357)	256 ^*	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bunyamwera	0	256	0	0	0	0	0
Ilesha	0	0	256	0	0	0	0
Shokwe	0	0	0	128	0	0	0
Biaro	0	0	0	0	128	0	0
Bozo (ArB 7343)	0	0	0	0	0	512	0
Ngari (ArD 28542)	0	0	0	0	0	0	256

Results indicate that DAKArY 357 apparently is a new virus.

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