Description
Material provided: Fixed sample or extract
Unit definition: 50 infected females
Storage conditions: in lysis buffer, -80°C
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes aegypti
Strain Name: ir0115
Place of origin: Ile Royale (French Guiana)
Date of colonisation: Jan. 2015
Virus information
Pathogen used for infection: Chikungunya
Reference: 06.21
ICTV Taxonomy: ssRNA+, Alphavirus, Togaviridae
Virus name: Chikungunya virus
Strain: French Guiana
Infectivity: Infectivity tested and quantified
Mycoplasmic content: Not yet tested
Production conditions
Chikungunya virus maintained in C6/36 cells. Hemotek feeding within rabbit blood.
Product options:
midgut / salivary glands (only 20/sample) /saliva / legs; advised time points after blood meal: 3 days / 5 days / 7 days
Shipping conditions:
Non-infectious. In dry ice.
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