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Virus Name: Pixuna

Abbreviation: PIXV

Status
Possible Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information

Antigenic Group
A

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


Many strains from mosquitoes reported as Pixuna in Arch. Inst. Pasteur Guyane Fr. No. 529, 1971, may be separable as new type in VEE Complex.
^* Bird HI positives not confirmed by NT
^** Rodent HI positives always positive in higher titer to Mucambo; Para, Brazil.

Man	0/2,095		Amazon Region, Brazil
Monkeys	0/87
Horse and cattle	0/185
Birds	0/6,000	^*
Didelphis marsupialis	0/883	1/80 HI	Para, Brazil
Other marsupials	0/1,067	0/143 HI
Reptiles	0/5,926
Amphibia	0/42
Bats	0/878
Edentates	0/127
Proechimys guyannensis oris (organs)	1/5,289	^**	Para, Brazil (1)

Other rodents	0/5,754		Para, Brazil
Anopheles nimbus	1
Trichoprosopon digitatum	1

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