Kasokero Virus: a New Human Pathogen from Bats (Rousettus Aegyptiacus) in Uganda

M. Kalunda
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L. G. Mukwaya
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A. Mukuye
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J. Wright Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

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J. Casals Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.387
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Volume 35: Issue 2
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387–392
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Two virus strains were isolated by mouse inoculation from blood of Rousettus aegyptiacus fruit-eating bats collected from Kasokero Cave in Uganda. Shortly after these strains were introduced in the laboratory, four additional strains were recovered from laboratory workers who had developed mild to severe illnesses presumably as a result of laboratory infection. Serological studies established that these six isolates are strains of the same virus. Serological tests showed also that this virus is related to Yogue, an unclassified virus.
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Copyright © 1986 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1986
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09 Oct 1985
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Published Online:
Mar 1986
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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