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00.060.0.82.007.00.002.002. Ife virus, isolate IbAn 57245

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.060.0.82.007.00.002.002. Ife virus, isolate IbAn 57245. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA

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Isolate Description

Isolate designation: IbAn 57245.
Isolation date: 10 July 1971.
Location: Ile Ife Univ. Campus; Ile Ife; Niger. Site longitude E 4 ° 34 '; latitude N. Site latitude 7 ° 33 '.

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: Eidolon helvum.
Virus was isolated from blood.

Collection and Isolation Details Collection Number ORBIS(481).
Virus was isolated by Dr Dennis L. Knudson. Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management; Colorado State University; College of Agricultural Sciences; Fort Collins; CO; 80523; the United States of America.

Reference to Isolation Report
Knudson, D.L., orbis database, Fort Collins.

Depositories and Collections

The isolate is available at Orbivirus group information, DL Knudson, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

Classification

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

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.060.0.82.007.00.002.002. Virus accession number: orbi714.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Misnomer Ungrouped. Acronym(s): IFE. Virus is assigned to species Ife virus; serotype Ife of the genus Orbivirus; family 00.060. Reoviridae.

Virion Properties

Morphology

Virions consist of a capsid. Virus capsid is not enveloped. Capsid is isometric and round..

Nucleic Acid

The genome is segmented, double-stranded RNA.

Biological Properties

Natural 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 Chiroptera;
Family Pteropodidae: Pteropodinae, Eidolon (helvum straw-coloured bat).

Signs and Symptoms

Virus found in — Eidolon helvum bat.

Contributor

Data have been submitted online to ICTVdB on 15-04-2004 by
Dennis L Knudson
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, College of Agricultural Sciences;
Colorado State University;
Fort Collins; Colorado; 80523;
U.S.A.;
Tel: + +1 970 491-7255;
Fax: + +1 970 491-3862;
email: Dennis.Knudson@colostate.edu.



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