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Virus Name: Benevides

Abbreviation: BVSV

Status
Probable Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

SALS Basis
Placed at this biosafety level based on close antigenic or genetic relationship to other viruses in a group of 3 or more viruses, all of which are classified at this level.

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Antigenic Group
Capim

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


Sentinel mouse (brain and liver)	10		APEG, IPEAN, Belem, Para, Brazil
Culex (Mel) spissipes (engorged)	1
Culex spp.	3
Nectomys s. amazonicus		1/134 NT	Utinga and APEG, Belem, Para, Brazil
Proechimys sp.		0/31 HI	Itaituba-Jacareacanga, km.212, Para, Brazil
Oryzomys sp.		0/23 HI
Agouti paca		0/7 HI
Dasyprocta aguti		0/2 HI
Sciurus sp.		0/1 HI
Didelphis m. marsupialis		0/36 HI
Metachirus nudicaudatus		0/3 HI
Marmosa cinerea domina		0/19 HI
Marmosa murina madeirensis		0/4 HI
Monodelphis emiliae		0/1 HI
Proechimys spp.		0/84 HI	Santarem-Cuiaba, km.212, Para, Brazil
Oryzomys spp.		0/143 HI
Agouti paca		0/3 HI
Dasyprocta aguti		0/3 HI
Nectomys s. amazonicus		0/23 HI
Neacomys sp.		0/8 HI
Oxymycterus sp.		0/6 HI
Mesomys hispidus		0/1 HI
Didelphis m. marsupialis		0/24 HI
Metachirus nudicaudatus		0/2 HI
Marmosa cinerea		0/15 HI
Marmosa murina		0/31 HI
Monodelphis brevicaudata		0/53 HI
Philander o. opossum		0/26 HI

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