CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER VIRUS (XINJIANG STRAIN) IN CHINA
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 34 (6) , 1179-1182
Abstract
Virus strains isolated from blood of patients during a hemorrhagic fever outbreak in 1968 in southern Xinjiang, China, from Hyalomma asiaticum and from sheep, were found to be identical or closely related to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (C-CHF) virus by complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescence tests with convalescent sera of patients and with C-CHF reference antibody. The virus was inactivated by ether and acid. Viral synthesis was not suppressed by 5-iododeoxyuridine suggesting an RNA-containing genome. The buoyant density in sucrose was 1.16-1.18 g/cm3. The particle weight was estimated at 3.26 .+-. 0.46 .times. 108. The diameter of the virus particles was 85-105 nm.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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