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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


NT positive results in man: Adults, Nigeria, 1965-66, 8/458; 1969-70, 17/118; children, Nigeria 1965-66, 3/81; 1969-70, 5/84; Americans in Nigeria, 1, in Guinea 3(total tested = >400); Nigeria 23/281(7) Nigeria (NE State),29/600(13).
CE positive results in man: Zorzor, Liberia, 4/133 (8); Panguma, Tongo, Sierra Leone, 43/461 (10); staff at various hospitals, Sierra Leone, 20/187(10)
Man 0/1,088 CF India (19)
Rodents, insectivores, gerbils 0/310 CF
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Clinical cases 15/16 Nigeria
Lab infections 2/2 USA
Clinical cases 12/13 Jos, Nigeria (7)
4/8 Zorzor, Liberia (8)
12/21 Panguma, Tongo, Sierra Leone(10, 11)
Mus musculus 0/20 Jos, Nigeria
10 species 0/112 Zorzor, Liberia (12)
(Rattus rattus, 0/64; Mastomys erythroleucus 0/19; Leggada muscubides 0/6; L. setulosa, 0/4; Lophuronys sikapusi 0/11; Hybomys trivirgatus, 0/1; Heliosciuris rufobrachium, 0/4; M. gambianus, 0/1; Protoxerus stangeri, 0/1
Crocidura sp. (shrew) 0/1 Zorzor, Liberia (12)
Bats (various spp.) 0/43
Mastomys natalensis 18/109 Sierra Leone (14, 15)
Mastomys natalensis 1 Mozambique (17)
 
 
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