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            | Stability of Infectivity (effects) | 
        
        
            
                 
                
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                MRM1:  50%**
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                <2.0 dex
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                6.5 dex
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                MRM62: 1/200**
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                2.5 dex
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            | Virion Morphology | 
        
        
            
                 
                Spherical orbivirus-like particles
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                57 nm
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                Electron microscopy (2)
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                Surface subunit structure similar to bluetongue v
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            | Morphogenesis | 
        
        
            
                 
                
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            | Hemagglutination | 
        
        
            
                 
                No
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                SMB, blood, liver or carcass ext.by sucrose-acetone; acetone-ether
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                Goose
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                *  Not sensitive to 5-iodo or 5-fluoro-2-deoxyuridine (2).
 ** Neither ether nor SDC sensitivity could be demonstrated with MRM1 in low 
    passage levels. See also Reference 2. Sensitive to trypsin, chymotrypsin, 
    and lecithinase-C (2).
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                CF, NT
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                *  Not sensitive to 5-iodo or 5-fluoro-2-deoxyuridine (2).
 ** Neither ether nor SDC sensitivity could be demonstrated with MRM1 in low 
    passage levels. See also Reference 2. Sensitive to trypsin, chymotrypsin, 
    and lecithinase-C (2).
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