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  Uukuniemi   UUKV

Probable Arbovirus

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2

Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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Uukuniemi
Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses
 
Neutralizing indices in suckling mice [1] :
 
Immune serum Virus strain
S 23 AK 9 Tribec


* 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
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):
 
Immune serum
Antigen S 23 Potepli GA MWA


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
Results of hemagglutination-inhibition test (J. Casals):
 
Antigen, 8 Units
Serum UUK GA MWA LJN BHA QRF


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
(Ponteves and Zaliv Terpeniya are Uukuniemi group viruses listed in this catalogue not appearing in these tables.)
 
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