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Virus Name: Kyasanur Forest Disease

Abbreviation: KFDV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
Yes

SALS Level
4

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

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Antigenic Group
B

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


* Most isolates from nymphs, others from adults, only two from larvae (13).

Man	>200	>1000 HI, NT	Shimoga District, India (9, 13)
Monkeys: Presbytis entellus, Macaca radiata	>100	>100 HI, NT	Mysore, India (9, 13)
Other wild animals:
Rattus rattus wroughtoni	1	>100 NT	Shimoga District, Mysore, India (9, 13)
Rattus blanfordi	3	>100 NT
Sancus murinus	2	>100 NT
Funambulus t. tristriatus	0	>100 NT
Tatera indica hardwickei	0	+
Mus booduga	0	+
Rhinolophus rouxi	4	Shimoga District, Mysore, India (16)
Domestic mammals:
Cattle	0	>100	Shimoga District, Mysore, India (9, 13)
Avian (numerous) Gallus sonnerati Pycnonotus jocosus fuscicaudatus Megalaima viridis	0
Ticks:
Haemaphysalis spinigera	>200*
H. turturis	>100
H. papuana kinneari	+
H. kyasanurensis	+
H. minuta	+
H. wellingtoni	+
H. bispinosa	+
Ixodes sp.	>2
Ornithodoros (adult)	1		Shimoga District, Mysore, India (16)

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