Tickborne Arbovirus Surveillance in Market Livestock, Nairobi, Kenya
| Title: | Tickborne Arbovirus Surveillance in Market Livestock, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Authors: | Rosemary Sang, Clayton Onyango, John Gachoya, Ernest Mabinda, Samson Konongoi, Victor Ofula, Lee Dunster, Fred Okoth, Rodney Coldren, Robert B. Tesh, Amelia Travassos da Rosa, Stacy Finkbeiner, David Wang, Mary Crabtree, Barry Miller |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 7, Pp 1074-1080 (2006) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006. |
| Publication Year: | 2006 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | arbovirus, tickborne virus, Dugbe virus, Dhori virus, Thogoto virus, Kadam virus, Bhanja virus, Foot-and-mouth disease virus, Nairovirus, surveillance, research, Kenya, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | To identify tickborne viruses circulating in Kenya and the surrounding region, we conducted surveillance at abattoirs in Nairobi, Kenya. Species of ticks collected included Rhipicephalus pulchellus (56%), Amblyomma gemma (14%), R. appendiculatus (8%), A. variegatum (6%), and others. A total of 56 virus isolates were obtained, 26 from A. gemma, 17 from R. pulchellus, 6 from A. variegatum, and 7 from other species. Virus isolates included Dugbe virus (DUGV), an unknown virus related to DUGV, Thogoto, Bhanja, Kadam, Dhori, Barur, and foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV) viruses. This is the first report of Dhori virus isolation in East Africa and the first known isolation of FMDV associated with tick collection. Our results demonstrate the potential for tickborne dissemination of endemic and emergent viruses and the relevance of A. gemma in the maintenance of tickborne viruses in this region. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/06-0253_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1207.060253 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/d4b82dc64c0942efb25f55933cb1f768 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4b82dc64c0942efb25f55933cb1f768 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1207.060253 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |