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00.073.0.01.026.00.069. VEEV, strain 59001

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.073.0.01.026.00.069. VEEV, strain 59001. 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: 59001.
Isolation date: not specified.
Location: not specified.

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: not specified.

Collection and Isolation Details
Virus was isolated by unknown.

Biocontainment Level

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

Classification

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

ICTVdB Virus Code: 00.073.0.01.026.00.069. Virus accession number: 73061926.
NCBI Taxonomy Identifier Taxon ID: 11036.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Virus is assigned to species 00.073.0.01.026. Venezuelan Equine encephalitis virus. Virus is of the genus 00.073.0.01. Alphavirus in the family 00.073. Togaviridae.

Virion Properties

Morphology

During their life cycle, virions have not been observed outside a cellular environment and have a cell-associated cycle.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is not segmented and contains a single molecule of linear single-stranded RNA. Sequence can be accessed from GenBank; the RNA is partially sequenced and sequenced region is 1677 nucleotides long. Sequence has the accession number [AF004468].

Reference to nucleotide sequence in PubMed: reference(s). GenBank records for nucleotide sequences; complete genome sequences.

Antigenicity

The virus is serologically related to all viruses in the genus alphavirus, especially to the VEEV-complex.

Serological relationships between different members are described in the article VEE_P676.rtf.

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Virus infects during its life cycle arthropod and vertebrate hosts. 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, Perissodactyla, and Rodentia;
Family Hominidae.
Virus infects Homo sapiens (human,
Family Equidae:.

Transmission and Vector Relationships

Virus is transmitted by a vector.

Experimental Hosts and Symptoms

Under experimental conditions susceptibility to infection by virus is found in many families.

Diagnostic Hosts

For virus isolation the most commonly used test animals are guinea pigs, mice; cell lines or tissue cultures are chicken embryo, duck embryo, Vero cells, and many cell lines. Virus has been propagated in experimental animals, cell culture, and developing embryo.

Maintenance and Propagation Hosts

Most commonly used maintenance and propagation host species are suckling mice , Vero cells.

Geographical Distribution

Geographical distribution of the virus is probably restricted. The virus spreads in North America and South and Central Americas. The virus is known to occur in temperate regions, or subtropical regions, or tropical regions.

References

Powers AM, Oberste MS, Brault AC, Rico-Hesse R, Schmura SM, Smith JF, Kang W, Sweeney WP and Weaver SC (1997). Repeated emergence of epidemic/epizootic Venezuelan equine encephalitis from a single genotype of enzootic subtype ID virus, J. Virol. 71, 6697-6705.

PubMed References.

Contributor

Data have been submitted online to ICTVdB on 09-09-2002 by Natalie Witte
Biosphere 2 Center
Columbia University
P.O. Box 689;
Oracle; A.Z. 85623, U.S.A.
email: ICTVdB Management.



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