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00.058.1.01.010.30.030.001. Vaccinia virus, isolate BeAN 58058

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.058.1.01.010.30.030.001. Vaccinia virus, isolate BeAN 58058. 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: BeAn 58058.
Isolation date: 03 March 1963.
Location: Belem-do-Para; Para; Brazil.

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: Oryzomys sp., rodent.

Reference of Isolation Report PubMed ID 9687874.

Depositories and Collections

The isolate is available (Dr. A. Travassos, Evandro Chagas Institute, Belem, Para, Brazil).

Biocontainment Level

Distribution of this virus falls under quarantine restrictions. It is recommended to handle this virus at the biocontainment level BSL-3, or recommended to handle this virus at the biocontainment level BSL-4.

Details on Isolate Sequencing

Viral genome was isolated from crude exctract. Virus sample used was acquired from Dr A. Travassos, Evandro Chagas Institute, Belem, Para, Brazil; were initially received in lyophilized tissue (mice brain tissue, initially grown in chorioallantoic membrane of chick embryos; propagated in Vero cells. Sequence was amplified by adding restriction sites at the 5' and 3' ends through polymerase chain reaction. For sequence amplification oligonucleotides were produced that are based on VGF gene.

Classification

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

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.058.1.01.010.30.030.001. Virus accession number: 58101030.
NCBI Taxonomy Identifier Taxon ID: 67082.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Acronym(s): BAV. Virus is assigned to species 00.058.1.01.010. Vaccinia virus. Virus is of the genus 00.058.1.01. Orthopoxvirus; subfamily 00.058.1. Chordopoxvirinae in the family 00.058. Poxviridae.

Virion Properties

Morphology

Virions consist of an envelope, a surface membrane, a core, and lateral bodies, or a surface membrane, a core, and lateral bodies. During their life cycle, virions produce extracellular particles and produce intracellular particles; can occur in two phenotypes; may be enveloped during their extracellular phase. The infection is initiated by extracellular virions. Virus may be sequestered within inclusion bodies that are not occluded and typically contain one nucleocapsid. Virus capsid is enveloped, or not enveloped and mature naturally by budding through the membrane of the host cell; generally brick-shaped, or pleomorphic. Virions measure 250 nm in diameter; 250-300 nm in length; 200 nm in height displaying tubular units. The core is biconcave with two lateral bodies. Nested between the core membrane, or between the surface membrane.

Additional electron micrograph of Poxviridae are found in the Picture Gallery.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is not segmented and contains a single molecule of linear double-stranded DNA. The DNA is partially sequenced, sequenced region is 947 nucleotides long, or 383 nucleotides long, or 528 nucleotides long and encodes soluble IFN receptor gene; growth factor homologous gene and thymidine kinase gene, respectively. Sequenced genome has the accession number(s)
[AF261890]; [U79140]; [AF023448].

GenBank records for nucleotide sequences; complete genome sequences.

Antigenicity

The virus is serologically related to Cotia virus, another vaccinia-like poxvirus found in Brazil.

Classification of members of this taxon is based on their sequence homologies and based on their antigenic properties. Sequence homologies found between the genes thymidine kinase (KT) and growth factor (VGF) of Vaccinia virus, strain WR.

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Virus infects during its life cycle a single type of vertebrate host.
Domain
Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya
Kingdom Animalia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata.

Phylum Vertebrata
Subphylum Vertebrata; Class Mammalia.

Class Mammalia Order Rodentia; Suborder Sciurognathi; Family Muridae; Subfamily Sigmodontinae; virus infects Genus Oryzomys.

Geographical Distribution

Geographical distribution of the virus is probably restricted. The virus is known to occur in tropical regions. The virus occurs in Brazil.

Comments

This description has been compiled from data presented in the literature.

References

Images

Taxon images: • em_BeAn. • 58058.jpg.

The description has been generated automatically from DELTA files.

ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, developed for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by Dr Cornelia Büchen-Osmond, is written in DELTA. The virus descriptions in ICTVdB are coded by ICTV members and experts, or by the ICTVdB Management using data provided by the experts, the literature or the latest ICTV Report. The character list is the underlying code. All virus descriptions are based on the character list and natural language translations from the encoded descriptions are automatically generated and formatted for display on the Web.

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Last updated on 25 April 2006 by Cornelia Büchen-Osmond
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