Arbovirus Catalog

Browse the Catalog

ArboCat Home

History
Abbreviations
Information Exchange

Virus Name: Uganda S

Abbreviation: UGSV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

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

Other Information

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


Makonde virus isolated from man and mosquitoes during studies on the original chikungunya epidemic (10) was subsequently identified as Uganda S (17). As some doubt attaches to the validity of these isolations, they are not included.

Man	See below	39/705 NT	Uganda, Tanganyika (1, 9, 11)
Man		4/178 NT	Egypt (21)
Man		47%/304 NT	Nigeria
Man		up to 5% NT	Mozambique
Man		105/625 NT	S. Africa (14)
Man		32%/440 HI	Senegal (19)
Man		21/197 NT	India (12)
Man		24/246 NT	Malaysia; Borneo, Indonesia (11, 13)
Saxicola rubetra (bird)	1		Central African Republic (22)
Sentinel mice	2		Nigeria (23, 26)
Wild monkeys (4 spp.)		1/9 NT	Uganda (1)
Aedes (Fin) longipalpis	47		Bwamba, Uganda (1)
Aedes (Fin) ingrami	1/17
Aedes (Adm) natronius	1

<<<Click on the PDF icon to the left to view a copy of this virus entry in PDF format.
You can get a copy of the PDF viewer by clicking here.