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Virus Name: Dugbe

Abbreviation: DUGV

Status
Probable Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information

Antigenic Group
Nairobi Sheep Disease

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region

Dugbe virus isolated from eggs of Amblyomma variegatum ticks removed from animals in slaughter houses in the Cent. Afr. Rep. (16).

Man	2		Central African Republic (5)
Man (febrile children)	2		Ibadan, Nigeria (5) Nigeria
Man	2/5,820	0/153 HI	Also 0/18 NT;
Cattle	164/2,199	96/331 HI
Sheep and goat	0/643	3/81 HI
Cricetomys gambianus (serum)	1		Bassa, Benue-Plateau Nigeria (3)
Swine	0/131	0/52 HI
Dog and cat	0/71
Horse	0/26
Camel	0/3
Insectivora	0/336
Chiroptera	0/828
Primate	0/64
Lepus	0/6
Rodentia	0/3,084
Carnivora	0/7
Aves	0/319
Reptile	0/56
Amphibia	0/3
Mosquitoes (pools)	0/420
Culicoides (pools)	2/462
Ixodidae (pools)	358/4,435
Aedes aegypti (pool, gravid)	1		Ibadan, Nigeria (3)
Amblyomma variegatum	14;3		Cent. Afr. Rep. (7);, Ethiopia (14)
Ambloyomma variegatum(pools)	106/850		Nigeria (6)
Boophilus decoloratus	48/864
Hyalomma truncatum	67/663
H. rufipes	2/106

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