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| No positive reactions by NT were found to following viruses: Tickborne encephalitis, western and eastern equine encephalomyelitis, St. Louis and Japanese encephalitis viruses [2] . |
| No positive reactions by CF tests were found to following viruses: Sindbis, Semliki Forest, West Nile, and yellow fever. |
| Tribec virus is distinct from Kemerovo virus [2] , [4] . |
| Dr. J. Casals, at the Rockefeller Foundation Virus Laboratory, has compared Tribec virus with Kemerovo virus by neutralization and complement-fixation tests. |
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| Results of neutralization tests |
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| | Virus |
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| | Tribec | Kemerovo |
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| | Dex | | Dex | |
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| Serum | LD50 | LNI | LD50 | LNI |
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| | Tribec | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.3 | | Kemerovo | 7.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.3 | | Normal | 7.8 | | 4.8 | |
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| Results of Complement-fixation tests |
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| | Antigen |
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| Antibody | Tribec | Kemerovo | Normal |
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| | 0 = <4/<4 | | Tribec | 64/64 | 0 | 0 | | Kemerovo | 0 | 128/16 | 0 |
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