| | | Not related by NT to West Nile, Sindbis, SF Sicilian and Naples, Quaranfil, and Chenuda viruses that had been isolated in Egypt and were available for testing. | | In 1955 the Wad Medani (AR-492) was sent to J. Casals at RFVL, who regards it as a distinct virus and has been instrumental in identifying very closely related or identical strains in other parts of the world as shown under Host Range [2] . | | Previously designated strains of Wad Medani, isolated from ticks in Malaysia and Singapore, have now been considered distinct enough to be registered as Seletar virus [4] . | | |
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