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The isolation of a Bwamba virus variant from man in Western Kenya
Author(s) -
Johnson B. K.,
Chanas A. C.,
Squires E. J.,
Shockley Pauline,
Simpson D. I. H.,
Smith D. H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890020104
Subject(s) - virology , isolation (microbiology) , virus , virus isolation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
A Bwamba group virus was isolated from the blood of a febrile child on the Kano Plain, Kenya. The isolate (NY‐45), closely resembling Bwamba, established infection in both Anopheles gambiae and Mansonia uniformis. Neither the Bwamba nor the Pongola prototype strains grew in both species. In gel‐diffusion tests NY‐45 virus passaged through mosquitoes exhibited a line of identity with Pongola antiserum. In contrast no cross‐reaction was observed with NY–45 virus which had not previously been passaged through mosquitoes.