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Virus Name:
Mucambo
Abbreviation:
MUCV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
3
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
Hepa Filtration, Vaccination Recommended
Antigenic Group
A
Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses
Closely related to VEE [1] of Group A. Considered an enzootic subtype of VEE. All strains of VEE reported from Trinidad through 1970, except the Trinidad Donkey strain, are considered to be Mucambo and are listed under Natural Host Range. See Reference [17] .
Mucambo virus was antigenically classified as a subtype of VEE virus. Tonate virus and a relatively recent isolate were classified as varieties of Mucambo virus [18] .
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