| genetic characterization of orthobunyavirus melao, strains be ar633512 and be ar8033, and experimental infection in golden hamsters (mesocricetus auratus). | melao virus (melv) strains be ar8033 and be ar633512 were isolated from pools of ochlerotatus scapularis mosquitoes in belém, pará state (1955), and alta floresta, rondônia state (2000), brazil, respectively. the aim of the present study was to molecularly characterize these strains and to describe the histopathological, biochemical and immunological changes in golden hamsters (mesocricetus auratus) following intraperitoneal injection of melv strains. hamsters were susceptible to both of the mel ... | 2009 | 19088293 |
| a serologic study of california serogroup bunyaviruses in sri lanka. | a seroepidemiologic study of california (cal) serogroup viruses (genus bunyavirus, family bunyaviridae) was carried out on 952 human and 1,834 animal sera collected from different ecological zones of sri lanka (latitudes 5-10 degrees n, longitudes 79-82 degrees e). the sera were screened for neutralizing antibody to lumbo (lum), snowshoe hare (ssh), and trivittatus (tvt) viruses by plaque neutralization tests on vero cells. of 2,786 sera screened, 262 (9.5%) had antibody to one or more viruses t ... | 1991 | 1928574 |