Detection and prevalence of a novel Bandavirus related to Guertu virus in Amblyomma gemma ticks and human populations in Isiolo County, Kenya
Isolation of this novel virus with the potential to cause disease in human and animal populations necessitates the need to evaluate its public health significance and contribution to disease burden in the affected regions. This also points to the need for continuous monitoring of vector and human populations in high-risk ecosystems to update pathogen diversity.
Authors
- Solomon Langat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-2261)
- Rosemary Sang
- Samson Konongoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-334X)
- Hellen Koka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-2620)
- Victor Ofula
- Gilbert Rotich
- Joel Lutomiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-2024)
- Samuel O. Oyola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6425-7345)
- Juliette R. Ongus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0887-3482)
- James Mutisya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-1030)
- Faith Cherop
Institutions
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (KE)
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (KE)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- International Livestock Research Institute (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310862
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- Government of the Republic of Kenya