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| Neutralizing indices in suckling mice [1] : |
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| Immune serum | Virus strain |
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| | S 23 | AK 9 | Tribec |
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| | * LNI in dex. | | Uukuniemi (S 23) | 2.0 * | 0.1 | 0.0 | | Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) | <0.6 | 1.9 | ND | | AK 9 (local strain of TBE) | 0.4 | >2.7 | ND | | Tribec | <0.9 | ND | >1.8 | | Lymphocytic choriomeningitis | 0.0 | ND | ND |
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| In Yale Arbovirus Research Unit the Uukuniemi virus was found to be related to some recent isolates (mainly from ticks) which together form the Uukuniemi group. |
| Results of complement-fixation tests (J. Casals): |
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| | Immune serum |
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| Antigen | S 23 | Potepli | GA | MWA |
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| | Serum titer/antigen titer; O = no fixation at dilutions 1:8. | | Uukuniemi S 23 | 256/128 | 512/128 | 8/8 | 0 | | Uukuniemi, Potepli | 128/256 | 512/256 | 8/8 | 0 | | Grand Arbaud | 16/16 | 16/16+ | 256/256 | Traces | | Manawa | 0 | 0 | 8/8 | 512/512 |
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| Results of hemagglutination-inhibition test (J. Casals): |
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| | Antigen, 8 Units |
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| Serum | UUK | GA | MWA | LJN | BHA | QRF |
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| | 0 = <10 | | Uukuniemi | 640 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Grand Arbaud | 160 | 160 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Manawa | 80 | 20 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Lanjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | | Bhanja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | | Silverwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Quaranfil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | | Johnston Atoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
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| (Ponteves and Zaliv Terpeniya are Uukuniemi group viruses listed in this catalogue not appearing in these tables.) |
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