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00.011.0.01.013.04.012.001. Germiston isolate SA Ar 1050

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.011.0.01.013.04.012.001. Germiston isolate SA Ar 1050. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA

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Table of Contents

Isolate Description

Isolate designation: SA Ar 1050.
Isolation date: 05 July 1958.
Location: Germiston; South Africa. Site longitude 26 ° (00'S). Site latitude 28 ° (00'E).

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: Culex theileri, Culex rubinotus.
Virus was isolated from a batch of adults (females of 12 Culex rubinotus and 5 Culex theileri from a grassy plain in a moderately urban zone).

Collection and Isolation Details
Virus was isolated by RH Kokernot. S. Afr. Med. LMBO; Johannesburg; South Africa.

Reference to Isolation Report
Kobernot, R.H. et al. (1960), Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 9:62; Okuno, T., Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1961) 10:223.

Depositories and Collections

The isolate has been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and is listed in the ATCC catalogue with the reference number [VR-393].

Classification

This is a description of an invertebrate and vertebrate virus at the isolate level.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.011.0.01.013.04.012.001. Virus accession number: 11111213.
NCBI Taxonomy Identifier Taxon ID: 11574.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Virus is assigned to strain Germiston of the genus 00.011.0.01. Orthobunyavirus; of the family 00.011. Bunyaviridae.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is segmented and consists of three segments of linear negative-sense, single-stranded RNA.

GenBank records for nucleotide sequences; complete genome sequences.

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Domain
Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya
Kingdom Animalia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda and Chordata.

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda; Class Insecta; Subclass Pterygota (winged insects), Order Diptera.

Phylum Vertebrata
Subphylum Vertebrata; Class Mammalia.

Class Mammalia Order Primates, Artiodactyla, and Rodentia;
Family Hominidae.
Virus infects Homo sapiens (human).

General Symptoms in Animals General symptoms include fever, headache, and rashes. Signs and symptoms include mental confusion.

Transmission and Vector Relationships

Virus is transmitted by a vector.

Vector Transmission:
Virus is transmitted by arthropods, by insects of the order Diptera
Culex rubinotus.

Host:
Experimental host is susceptible to infection suckling Mus musculus. Experimentally infected hosts mainly show symptoms of death.

Geographical Distribution

The virus occurs in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

References

PubMed References. CRORA-Germiston.



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