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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Flasuviricetes |
| Order: | Amarillovirales |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Flavivirus |
| Species: | Kadam virus |
The Kadam virus (or KAD, strain MP6640) is a tick-borne Flavivirus.
Located
The virus was first isolated by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda, after samples were taken from cattle in Karamoja in 1967. The viruses were usually only found from Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma ticks around Kenya and Uganda infecting cattle and humans.
Spread
In the early 1980s, Kadam virus was found to be spread in Saudi Arabia by Hyalomma ticks when found on a dead camel at Wadi Thamamah in Riyadh.
References
- "Kadam virus MP6640". www.european-virus-archive.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- Henderson BE, Tukei PM, McCrae AW, Ssenkubuge Y, Mugo WN (1970). "Virus isolations from Ixodid ticks in Uganda. II. Kadam virus—a new member of arbovirus group B isolated from Rhipicephalus pravus Dontiz". East Afr Med J. 47 (5): 273–6. ISSN 0012-835X. PMID 5473597.
- ^ Wood OL, Moussa MI, Hoogstraal H, Büttiker W (1982). "Kadam virus (Togaviridae, Flavivirus) infecting camel-parasitizing Hyalomma dromedarii ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saudi Arabia". J. Med. Entomol. 19 (2): 207–8. doi:10.1093/jmedent/19.2.207. PMID 7086856.
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