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  Inkoo   INKV

Possible Arbovirus

No

2

Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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California
Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses
 
In preliminary tests Inkoo showed a relationship to the Tahyna virus of the California group [2] :
 
Viruses/Antigens
Mouse Cell culture Complement-fixation Hemagglutination-inhibition
NT NT
Mouse Immune Ascitic Fluid INK TAH INK TAH INK TAH CVO INK TAH CVO


* Logs neutralized in dex
** Antibody titer/antigen titer
HI: 0 = <10
NT = not tested
Inko(INK) 3.9 * 3.4 160 10 160/80 ** 40/160 0/0 320 160 0
Tahyna(TAH) 3.4 > 5.9 40 5120 40/40 80/80 NT 320 1280 NT
Calovo(CVO) NT NT NT NT 0/0 NT 1280/640 0 NT 10240
In Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, Dr. J. Casals (in letter, 1970) found Inkoo to be an agent in the California group, distinguishable (by CF) from those whose name appear in the following table:
 
Serum or Ascitic Fluid
Antigen Inkoo Sera Tahyna Calif. enceph. Triv. Melao
1 2


1:one injection (others multiple)
a Antibody titer/antigen titer
Inkoo 32/256 512+/256 a <8 8/256 <4 256/128
Tahyna, lot a 8/256 NT 32/256 64/256 <4 NT
Tahyna, lot b 8/256 256/256+ 32/128 128/128 <4 256/256
Calif. enceph. 16/128+ 256/256 8/256 128/256 NT 256/128
Trivittatus <8 128/256 <8 32/16 16/128 128/128
Melao NT 128/128 NT <16 NT 512+/256
No fixation with following antigens and Ikoo serum sample No. 2: WEE. Sindbis, chikungunya, Semliki Forest virus, VEE, West Nile, Central European tick-borne, Zika, Anopheles A, Bunyamwera, Batai, Guaroa, Wyeomyia, Akabane, Manzanilla, Sathuperi, Simbu, Marituba, and Caraparu.
 
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