Three Putorius eversmanni pole-cats and two Martes foina martens aged about 9 months were subcutaneously infected with about 260 suckling mouse LD50 of the extraneurally passaged "236" strain of Tahyna virus (California group, genus Bunyavirus). Viraemia with maximal titres of 1.32 (pole-cats) and 1.28 (martens) dex intraperitoneal (i.p.) mouse LD50/0.02 ml was demonstrated from 48 to 96 hr after inoculation (p.i.). By the plaque-reduction neutralization test, seroconversion was demonstrated 15 days p.i. (from less than 4 to titres of 8192 in pole-cats and 4096 in martens).
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