Kairi virus identified from a febrile horse in Argentina.
A virus isolated from the blood of a febrile horse in Argentina was identified as a strain of Kairi virus. This is the fifth Bunyamwera serogroup virus isolated from livestock and wild animals in the Americas. Bunyamwera serogroup viruses have been isolated from febrile humans in the Americas and Africa.
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002042:Bunyamwera virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014709:Vero Cells