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  Simian hemorrhagic fever   SHFV

Not Arbovirus

No

2

Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
 

Ungrouped
Section IV - Virus Properties
Physicochemical
RNA
 



(S)









(S)


(S)

Stability of Infectivity (effects)

3.0 labile; rel. heat (50C) stable; divalent cations enhanced inact. at 50C




1:20

<1.0 dex

4.8 dex





Virion Morphology

Spherical

40-45 nm

nm

nm

Electron microscopy (4)

Envelope observed (4);

Virus core = 20-25 nm

Morphogenesis






Hemagglutination

No

Infected cell cultures; extracted infected spleen and brain (5)

Goose

*6.8-7.4


4dC, 24dC, and 37dC


* Other erythrocytes tested included rhesus and African green monkeys, hamster, mouse, rat, guinea pig, human (type O) and day-old chick.

CF, IFA and NT

* Other erythrocytes tested included rhesus and African green monkeys, hamster, mouse, rat, guinea pig, human (type O) and day-old chick.
 
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