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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 30(4), 1981, pp. 855-861
Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Arbovirus Infections among Laboratory Personnel in Ibadan, Nigeria*

Oyewale Tomori, Thomas P. Monath, Edward H. O'Connor, Vernon H. Lee AND C. Bruce Cropp
Virus Research Laboratory, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Vector-Borne Diseases Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, and Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, Jakarta, Indonesia

Laboratory-acquired infections encountered between 1963 and 1977 among personnel of the Virus Research Laboratory, Ibadan, Nigeria, are reported. Two cases of chikungunya infection occurred and one each with Dugbe, Wesselsbron, and dengue viruses. In each case, virus was isolated or development of antibody demonstrated. Among 22 staff members who were monitored during this interval, three seroconverted to Orungo virus and two each to chikungunya and Rift Valley fever viruses, without experiencing any clinically recognized disease.

Accepted for publication January 17, 1981.


* Address reprint requests to: Dr. Thomas P. Monath, Vector-Borne Diseases Division, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522.






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