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Virus Name:
Bimiti
Abbreviation:
BIMV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
2
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
Antigenic Group
Guama
Section V - Antigenic Relationship and Lack of Relationship to Other Viruses
Bimiti virus has been shown to fall into the Guama group [2] . For details on relation to other members of the group, see Reference [2] .
As far as is known it is not related to any other viruses except those belonging to the Guama group. For a list of those with which it has been compared and no relationship detected, see Reference [1] .
SIRACA has antigenically classified Bimiti virus as a distinct type in the Bimiti complex, one of five complexes comprising the Guama serogroup [10] .
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