Sikhote-Alin virus, a new member of the cardiovirus group (Picornaviridae) isolated from Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Primorie Region

A virus, designated Sikhote-Alin, was isolated in 1970 from Ixodes persulcatus ticks collected from a wild boar in the Primorie region (U.S.S.R.) Sikhote-Alin virus showed no haemagglutinating activity and no antigenic relationships with arboviruses of 12 antigenic groups, 17 ungrouped tick-borne ar...

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Published inActa virologica (Anglickâa verze) Vol. 22; no. 6; p. 458
Main Authors Lvov, D K, Leonova, G N, Gromashevsky, V L, Shestakov, V L, Gofman, Y P, Skvortsova, T M, Klimenko, S M, Berezina, L K, Zakaryan, V A, Safronov, A V, Belousova, R V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Slovakia 01.11.1978
Subjects
Animal Population Groups - parasitology
Animals
Animals, Wild - parasitology
Female
Mice
Picornaviridae - classification
Picornaviridae - isolation & purification
Picornaviridae - physiology
Swine - parasitology
Ticks - microbiology
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USSR
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Summary:A virus, designated Sikhote-Alin, was isolated in 1970 from Ixodes persulcatus ticks collected from a wild boar in the Primorie region (U.S.S.R.) Sikhote-Alin virus showed no haemagglutinating activity and no antigenic relationships with arboviruses of 12 antigenic groups, 17 ungrouped tick-borne arboviruses, porcine enteroviruses and coxsackie A (types 1-18) viruses. An one-way antigenic relationship was demonstrated by complement fixation with cardioviruses (Mengo and Columbia-SK strains). The virus contains RNA, is resistant to lipid solvents, highly thermostable in the presence of 1 M MgCl2 and its size is over 20 nm but less than 25 nm. All these properties make it possible to consider it as a new member of the cardiovirus group (genus Enterovirus; Picornaviridae).
ISSN:0001-723X