| |
| Kadam virus was screened in HI and CF tests against a range of hyperimmune sera and it was shown to be a member of arbovirus group B. |
| CF and HI tests with 11 group B arboviruses gave the following results: |
| |
| | Kadam Antigen | Kadam Antiserum |
|---|
| | HI | CF | HI | CF |
|---|
| | Ht/Ho | Ht/Ho | Ht/Ho | Ht/Ho |
|---|
|
| | | | | | | YF | 10/80 | <5/40 | 80/320 | <5/80 | | ZIKA | <10/320 | <5/40 | 40/320 | <5/80 | | WSL | <10/40 | <5/80 | 160/320 | <5/80 | | Bukalasa bat | 10/160 | <5/80 | 40/320 | 5/80 | | DB | 10/80 | 10/160 | 80/320 | <5/80 | | UGS | 10/80 | <5/40 | 80/320 | <5/80 | | BAN | 80/640 | 5/80 | 80/320 | 5/80 | | WN | 40/640 | 5/320 | 160/320 | 5/80 | | NTA | 10/80 | <5/80 | 160/320 | 5/80 | | USU | 40/160 | <5/40 | 40/320 | <5/80 | | Dengue 1 | | <5/80 | | <5/80 |
|
| HI tests between Kadam and group B tick viruses of RSSE complex (Powassan and KFD) gave a titre of 1:10 only with 8 units of Kadam antigen. |
| The following NT results were obtained when Kadam virus cross-tested with WSL and UGS viruses. |
| |
| Serum | Virus |
|---|
| | Kadam | WSL | UGS |
|---|
|
| | * LNI in dex | | Kadam | 3.2 * | 1.6 | 1.3 | | WSL | 0.1 | > 3.7 | | UGS | 0.2 | | > 3.0 |
|
| See also References [3] and [4] . |
| |
