World Reference Center for Arboviruses.

Abstract

Viruses Identification. Soldado Rock virus was identified from ticks of the Seychelles; Pongola, a new Yogue group virus from bats and human febrile cases, and an apparently new bunyavirus were identified fron Uganda; a strain of West Nile virus from an apparently rabid dog in South Africa was identified; from Australia, a new tick-borne flavivirus was characterized (isolated from ticks of birds; Ross River virsu was confirmed from serum of a case of epidemic polyarthritis and rash in Fiji; four strains of Sindbis were identified from Lake Nasser, Egypt, and six strains of dengue, type 4 as well as other as yet unidentified viruses from New Galedonia were studied. An isolate of Colorado tick fever was identified from human serum of the Netherlands in a traveller. The Sakhalin serogroup was shown to belong in the Nairo-virus genus. The IFA test reactions and cross-reactions of Rift Valley fever and other Phlebotomus fever group viruses indicated that the IFA test is relatively specific. Surveys of Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon and the Sudan showed widespread activity of arboviruses and indication of activity of Lassa virus and Ebola virus in several areas of Africa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA140238

Entities

People

  • R. E. Shope

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Diseases
  • Arbovirus Infections
  • Arboviruses
  • Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis
  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Health Services
  • Immune Serums
  • Medical Personnel
  • Phlebotomus Fever
  • Rift Valley Fever
  • Ticks
  • Virus Diseases
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).