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Virus Name: Kimberley

Abbreviation: KIMV

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Possible Arbovirus

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Antigenic Group
Bovine Ephemeral Fever

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

Complement fixation titres for BEF and CSIRO 368 viruses with their respective ascitic fluids.			Cross-Immunofluorescence of BEF Group
Antigen	Ascitic fluid			Antiserum
	BEF	CSIRO 368	Antigen	BEF	KIM	ADE	BRM

Titre of ascitic fluid/titre of antigen			Degree of specific fluorescence with 1:8 antiserum; -- = negative.

BEF	2048/64	16/16	BEF	4+	4+	3+	4+
CSIRO 368	64/16	512/32	Kimberley	3+	4+	1+	4+
			Adelaide River	2+	2+	4+	--
			Berrimah	4+	4+	1+	4+

Cross-neutralization tests with the Australian bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) group viruses
	Antiserum
Virus	BEF	CSIRO 368	Kimberley	Berrimah	Adelaide River


Neutralization titres represent reciprocal of the highest dilution neutralizing 50% of 100 TCD50.
^a Strain BB7721, Doherty et al.
^b Cybinski and Zakrzewski
^c First isolate, strain OR250, Liehne et al.
^d Strain DPP63, Gard et al.
^e Unpublished G.P. Gard

BEF ^a	812	<2	<2	<2	<2
CSIRO 368 ^b	<2	616	1413	<2	<2
Kimberley ^c	<2	707	1622	<2	<2
Berrimah ^d	20	<2	<2	1622	<2
Adelaide River ^e	<2	<2	<2	<2	4096

NOTE: The original isolate (OR250) of Liehne et al. [3] was made from Cx annulirostris; however, the characterizations were made using virus strain CSIRO 368 prior to antigenic identity being demonstrated.

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