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Virus Name: Bozo

Abbreviation: BOZOV

Status
Arbovirus

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Antigenic Group
Bunyamwera

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


Aedes opok	8		Central African Republic (1973-1982); During a continuous virilogical survey of mosquitoes in the south of semi-humid savannahs near Bozo and Bouboue villages, 433, 496 mosquitoes were collected; 56 strains of Bozo virus were isolated.
Aedes africanus	34
Aedes africanus group	11
Culex pruina	2
Anopheles funestus	1
Man		21/115 NT	Moist forest, Cent. Afr. Rep.
		7/46 NT	Forest savannah mosaic, Cent. Afr. Rep.
		20/190 NT	Undifferentiated savannah of moist type, Cetn. Afr. Rep.
		0/50 NT	Undifferentiated savannah of dry type
		3/61 NT	Steppe, Cent. Afr. Rep.
Monkey			Serological conversions were observed in sentinal monkeys

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