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. 1979 May-Jun:(3):286-9.

[Chim virus, a new arbovirus isolated from ixodid and argasid ticks collected in the burrows of great gerbils on the territory of the Uzbek SSR]

[Article in Russian]
D K L'vov, G A Sidorova, V L Gromashevskiĭ, T M Skvortsova, L K Berezina
  • PMID: 156985

[Chim virus, a new arbovirus isolated from ixodid and argasid ticks collected in the burrows of great gerbils on the territory of the Uzbek SSR]

[Article in Russian]
D K L'vov et al. Vopr Virusol. 1979 May-Jun.

Abstract

Five strains of hitherto unknown arbovirus designated Chim by the place of primary collection of ticks was isolated from Ixodid and Argasid ticks collected in the Uzbek SSR in burrows of great gerbils. The virus has no antigenic relationships with arboviruses previously isolated from ticks, its size varies from 100 to 220 nm, it contains RNA and has a lipid-containing envelope. Chim virus is pathogenic only for suckling mice by the intracerebral route and exerts cytopathic effect in continuous L, Rh, BHK cell lines.

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