ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL-INFECTIONS OF MAN IN NIGERIA, 1964-1970
ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL-INFECTIONS OF MAN IN NIGERIA, 1964-1970
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DOI:
10.1080/00034983.1975.11686983
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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KEMP, GE
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作者:
MOORE, DL;CAUSEY, OR;KEMP, GE
Prior to the establishment of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of lbadan in 1964, few arboviruses had been isolated in Nigeria (Boorman and Draper, 1968). Only four arboviruses had been recovered from humans: yellow fever, from epidemics in Ogbomosho in 1946 (Macnamara, 19S4a) and in Eastern Nigeria in 19S1 and 19S3 (Macnamara, 19S7); Spondweni, from a febrile patient in Eastern Nigeria in 19S2 (Macnamara, 19S4b); Ilesha virus, from three Ilesha children with fevers in 19S7 (Macnamara, 19S8); and a strain of Bunyamwera virus from a febrile adult in Lagos in 1960 (Bearcroft et al., 1963). The Virus Research Laboratory, as part of its programme of surveillance of arbovirus activity in Nigeria, has routinely examined blood specimens from children with fevers of unknown origin attending the outpatient clinic at University College Hospital, Ibadan. On occasion, specimens have also been collected from patients at other clinics and hospitals in lbadan and in other parts of the country. In addition, many materials have been submitted to the laboratory by physicians requesting virus studies. From these various sources, a total of 171 arbovirus isolations, representing 1S different viruses, were made during the years 1964 to 1970; some were isolated for the first time from man. The purpose of this paper is to give an account of these virus isolates and to present brief clinical descriptions, where available. During the same period there were SS nonarbovirus isolations (Herpesvirus, coxsackievirus, rhabdovirus) from humans.