Physicochemical 
                
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                Infectivity for Vero cells not reduced by exposure to 10-5
              M 5-bromodeoxyuridine or 1 mcg/ml actinomycin-D (1)
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            | Stability of Infectivity (effects) | 
        
        
            
                 
                Inactivated by exposure to pH 3.0
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                2.8 dex
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                6.7 dex
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                1.2 dex
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                6.6 dex
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                Stable for at least 5 days at 41.5C, but inactivated within 2 hr.
              at 56dC
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            | Virion Morphology | 
        
        
            
                 
                Uniformly spherical
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                100 nm diameter
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                100 nmnm
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                Graded millipore filtration (1) EM (2)
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                Envelope prominent (2)
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            | Morphogenesis | 
        
        
            
                 
                
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                "Bunyavirus-like in appearance (2)
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            | Hemagglutination | 
        
        
            
                 
                No
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                SMB ext. by sucrose-acetone
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                Chick
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                6.0-7.0
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                4dC, 22dC, 37dC
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                A very rough hemagglutination was produced at pH 6.6 and 37/C.
              This was unsatisfactory in HI test and probably nonspecific
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                CF, NT
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                A very rough hemagglutination was produced at pH 6.6 and 37/C.
              This was unsatisfactory in HI test and probably nonspecific
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