Jos, a new tick-borne virus from Nigeria
Lee, V.H.; Kemp, G.E.; Madbouly, M.H.; Moore, D.L.; Causey, O.R.; Casals, J.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 35(9): 1165-1167
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 4416978 Document Number: 75926
Jos virus, a new chloroform-sensitive agent from Nigeria, was isolated 43 times during the period April, 1967 to December 1974. The prototype strain (IbAn 17854) was isolated from the blood of a cow during slaughter at the abattoir in Jos, Nigeria. The 42 other isolates came from ticks, Amblyomma variegatum (17 isolates) and Boophilus decoloratus (25 isolates), collected at cattle markets in southern Nigeria, principally Ibadan. These were the only isolates of Jos virus recovered in Nigeria during the period 1964-1970 when more than 4000 serum samples from livestock and nearly 200000 ticks were examined for virus.