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Virus Name:
Congo
Abbreviation:
CONV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
4
SALS Basis
Level assigned to prototype or wild-type virus. A lower level may be recommended for laboratory strains or geographic variants of the virus with well-defined reduced virulence characteristics, as mentioned in the text.
Other Information
Antigenic Group
CHF-CON
Section XI - Human Disease
In Nature
Significant
Residual
Death
Significant
Subclinical
Overt Disease
Significant
Clinical Manifestations
fever, headache, prostration, stiff neck, CNS signs (including encephalitis), hemorrhagic signs, and vomiting
Number of Cases
12 in Africa (1); hundreds in USSR (9)
Category (i.e. febrile illness, etc.)
Hemorrhagic fever; febrile illness
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