Kadam virus
| Kadam virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group IV ((+)ssRNA) |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Flavivirus |
| Species: | Kadam virus |
The Kadam virus (or KAD, strain MP6640) is a tick-borne Flavivirus.[1]
Located
The virus was first isolated by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda after samples were taken from cattle in Karamoja in 1967.[2] The viruses were usually only found from Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma ticks around Kenya and Uganda infecting cattle and humans.[3]
Spread
Around the beginning of the 1980s the Kadam virus was found to be spread in Saudi Arabia by Hyalomma ticks[4] when found on a dead camel at Wadi Thamamah in Riyadh.
References
- ↑ "Kadam virus MP6640". www.european-virus-archive.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "Virus isolations from ixodid ticks in Uganda. Part II. Kadam virus-a new member of arbovirus group B isolated from Rhipicephalus pravus Donitz.". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "KADAM VIRUS (TOGAVIRIDAE, FLAVIVIRUS) INFECTING CAMEL-PARASITIZING HYALOMMA DROMEDARII TICKS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN SAUDI ARABIA". www.ingentaconnect.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "Kadam virus (Togaviridae, Flavivirus) infecting camel-parasitizing Hyalomma dromedarii ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saudi Arabia.". USDA. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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