Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Thogoto, Dugbe, and Jos Viruses Isolated from Ixodid Ticks in Ethiopia *

Autor: John S. Ash, Vernon H. Lee, Owen L. Wood, Jordi Casals
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 27:600-604
ISSN: 1476-1645
0002-9637
Popis: From 1974 through 1976, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 5 isolated 25 strain of tick-borne virus in infant mice from 410 pools containing over 6,000 ticks, and one strain from a bird and one strain from a rodent collected in central and southern Ethiopia. Of these, 17 were identified as known viruses previously found in West Central and East Africa. There were 8 strains of Jos virus from Amblyomma ticks; 7 strains of Dugbe virus from a bird, a rodent and from ticks; 1 strains of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and 1 strain of Thogoto virus from ticks.
Databáze: OpenAIRE