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  Venezuelan equine encephalitis   VEEV

Arbovirus

Yes

3

Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
USDA Permit Required, DOC Permit Required, Hepa Filtration, USDA Restricted, USDA High Consequence Agent, Vaccination Recommended 

A
Section IV - Virus Properties
Physicochemical
 



(S)









(S)


(S)

Stability of Infectivity (effects)


50%

Inact. (28)





1:1000

3-4.7 dex inact.(5)


Total inactivation of infectious properties by formalin difficult (6).

Virion Morphology

Spherical particles

60 nm; 46 nm (4)

nm

nm

Thin section electron microscopy

Envelope observed

Capsid; diameter 30 nm (4)

Morphogenesis






Hemagglutination

Yes

SMB ext. by acetone-ether or sucrose-acetone (7)

Goose

6.0-6.4

6.2

4dC, 22dC, 37dC

37dC

The ip NT in wn mice is very sensitive (11). notes * * First recognized as an equine disease in 1936, two years before actual isolation date. ** And rabbits (1)

HI, CF, NT.

The ip NT in wn mice is very sensitive (11). notes * * First recognized as an equine disease in 1936, two years before actual isolation date. ** And rabbits (1)
 
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