Research Article

Antigenic relationships between flaviviruses as determined by cross- neutralization tests with polyclonal antisera

Journal of General Virology 1989; 70(1):37

Abstract

The recently established virus family Flaviviridae contains at least 68 recognized members. Sixty-six of these viruses were tested by cross- neutralization in cell cultures. Flaviviruses were separated into eight complexes [tick-borne encephalitis (12 viruses), Rio Bravo (six), Japanese encephalitis (10), Tyuleniy (three), Ntaya (five), Uganda S (four), dengue (four) and Modoc (five)] containing 49 viruses; 17 other viruses were not sufficiently related to warrant inclusion in any of these complexes.