Kadam virus
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Kadam virus (or KAD, strain MP6640) is a tick-borne Flavivirus.[1]
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.[2] The viruses were usually only found from Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma ticks around Kenya and Uganda infecting cattle and humans.[3]
Spread
In the early 1980s, Kadam virus was found to be spread in Saudi Arabia by Hyalomma ticks[3] when found on a dead camel at Wadi Thamamah in Riyadh.