| | | The three viruses isolated in Melbourne in 1951 from MVE Cases were sent to the Army Medical Service Graduate School at Washington, D.C., because, due to quarantine regulations, the full range of type arboviruses were not available in Australia. The evidence, based on CF and NT tests, indicating that MVE virus is a member of Group B arboviruses, is from reference [9] . | | | | Cross Neutralization Tests [9] : |
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| | Neutralizing indices (dex) |
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| | Test viruses |
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| Rabbit Immune Serum | JE | MVE/1/51 | WN | SLE | WEE |
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| | | | | | | | Japanese Enc. | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | | MVE/1/51 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0 | | WN | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0 | | SLE | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0 | | WEE | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| | | | Cross-Complement Fixation (9): |
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| | Antigen 1:4 |
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| Hyperimmune GP Serum | JE | MVE/1/51 | WN | SLE | WEE |
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| | JE | 128 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | MVE/1/51 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | WN | 0 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 0 | | SLE | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | | WEE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| | The identification of the New Guinea isolate MVE/1/56 is given in Reference [11] . As far as is known it is not related to any virus not in Group B. | | In a cross-neutralization study involving 42 flaviviruses, MVE virus was antigenically placed in a subgroup or complex consisting of JBE, WN, SLE, KUN, USU, KOK, STR, and ALF viruses [25] . | | |
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