The ''Kadam virus'' (or KAD, strain MP6640) is a
tick-borne''
Flavivirus''.
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Located
The virus was first isolated by the
Uganda Virus Research Institute
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) is a medical research institute owned by the Uganda government that carries out research on communicable diseases in man and animals, with emphasis on viral transmitted infections. UVRI is a component of ...
in
Entebbe,
Uganda, after samples were taken from cattle in Karamoja in 1967.
The viruses were usually only found from ''
Rhipicephalus
''Rhipicephalus'' is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks, consisting of about 74 or 75 species. Most are native to tropical Africa.Olwoch, J. M., et al. (2007)Climate change and the genus ''Rhipicephalus'' (Acari: Ixodidae) in ...
'' and''
Amblyomma'' ticks around Kenya and Uganda infecting cattle and humans.
Spread
In the early 1980s, ''Kadam virus;; was found to be spread in Saudi Arabia by''
Hyalomma'' ticks
[ when found on a dead camel at Wadi Thamamah in Riyadh.
]
References
Flaviviruses
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