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Information from: O. R. Causey, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 13 March 1969.
Antigenic group: Simbu.
Original source: Isolated by Ibadan Virus Laboratory at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, from serum of an adult bovine collected 20 May 1965 at a slaughterhouse in Ibadan, Lat. 7° 20' N, Long. 3° 50' E. Habitat: No data. Storage: Inoculated in mice on same day.
Method of isolation in laboratory: Serum diluted in bovalbumin solution. Inoculated 0.02 ml ic in 3-day-old mice on 20 May 1965.
Validity of isolation: Virus reisolated.
Properties of virus: Physical: Filterable through Seitz EK. Chemical: No data. Resistance to chemicals: No data. Antigenic: Hemagglutinin not produced in tests with infected suckling mouse brain extracted with sucrose-acetone.
Antigenic relation and lack of relation to other viruses: Shamonda virus found to be a member of the Simbu group by CF. Shown to be a distinct new member of the group by NT (see NT table in Catalogue No. 231, Sabo virus).
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