Physicochemical 
                RNA, Double Strand
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                10
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                No
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                12-14(S)
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                about 80%
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                None
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                None
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                (S)
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                (S)
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            | Stability of Infectivity (effects) | 
        
        
            
                 
                Stable at pH 6-9, inactivated at pH 3-5 (4)
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                20%
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                4.9 dex
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                7.2 dex
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                5%
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                1.0 dex
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                6.2 dex
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                0.1%
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                1.0 dex
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                4.5 dex
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                Inactivated by 1 M MgCl2 at 50C for 1 hour (4); trypsin, papain, 6-azauridine (14,16)
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            | Virion Morphology | 
        
        
            
                 
                Spherical
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                70 nm
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                nm
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                nm
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                Electron microscopy
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                None
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            | Morphogenesis | 
        
        
            
                 
                Cytoplasm
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                Area of endoplasmic reticulum (19)
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            | Hemagglutination | 
        
        
            
                 
                No
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                SMB ext. by sucrose-acetone
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                Goose
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                5.75-7.2
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                +4dC- +20dC
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                Other sources for antigen prod.:  infant rat brain, CE cell cult.
              fluid; all were neg. (3).
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                CF, NT (5,17,18) and fluorescent antibody test (23
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                Other sources for antigen prod.:  infant rat brain, CE cell cult.
              fluid; all were neg. (3).
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