TABLE 2.

Characteristics of the Aino virus isolates used in this study

Strain	Yr collected	Location	Patterna	Passage levelb	Origin
JaNAr28	1964	Nagasaki	1	Sm12HL4	Culex tritaeniorhynchus
B7974	1968	Queensland, Australia	4	Sm6BHK2	Culicoides brevitarsis
KSB-2/C/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK5	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-3/C/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-4/C/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-5/C/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-6/C/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-7/P/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-8/P/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-9/P/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-10/P/86	1986	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Bovine plasma
MZ-1/P/88	1988	Miyazaki	3	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-2/C/88	1988	Kagoshima	3	BHK5	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-3/P/88	1988	Kagoshima	3	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-4/P/88	1988	Kagoshima	1	BHK5	Bovine plasma
KSB-1/C/89	1989	Kagoshima	1	BHK5	Culicoides oxystoma
KSB-2/C/89	1989	Kagoshima	1	BHK4	Culicoides punctatus
KSB-3/P/89	1989	Kagoshima	3	BHK4	Bovine plasma
KSB-4/P/89	1989	Kagoshima	1	BHK4	Bovine plasma
HG-1/B/95	1995	Hyogo	2	BHK4	Bovine blood
HG-2/B/95	1995	Hyogo	2	BHK4	Bovine blood
KSB-3/P/95	1995	Kagoshima	2	BHK4	Bovine plasma

^aPattern of the Aino virus isolates as determined by DIA. 

^bLetters indicate cell lines and numbers indicate number of passages. Sm, brain of suckling mice; HL, HmLu-1 cells; BHK, BHK-21 cells.