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Sand Fly–Associated Phlebovirus with Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Kenya

David P. Tchouassi

, Marco Marklewitz, Edith Chepkorir, Florian Zirkel¹, Sheila B. Agha, Caroline C. Tigoi, Edith Koskei, Christian Drosten, Christian Borgemeister, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen²

, and Rosemary Sang²

Author affiliations: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya (D.P. Tchouassi, E. Chepkorir, S.B. Agha, C.C. Tigoi, B. Torto, R. Sang); Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, C. Drosten, S. Junglen); German Center for Infection Research, Berlin (M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, C. Drosten, S. Junglen); Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi (E. Koskei, R. Sang); University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (C. Borgemeister)

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NT reactivity with NPV, GFV, KARV, and RVFV of serum samples from febrile persons and healthy controls in Kenya*

Sample ID	Origin	Age, y/sex	Occupation	Acute febrile infection†	Reactivity against
Sample ID	Origin	Age, y/sex	Occupation	Acute febrile infection†	NPV	RVFV	GBV	KARV
H01	Marigat	8/F	Student	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches	1:40	None	None	None
H02	Marigat	10/F	Student	Fever/chills, cough, head/joint/muscle aches, eye pain, diarrhea	1:20	None	None	None
H03	Marigat	18/F	Student	Fever/chills, cough, head/joint/muscle aches, jaundice, abdominal pain	1:40	None	None	None
H04	Marigat	19/M	Shop attendant	Acute febrile illness—fever/chills, cough, head/muscle aches	1:20	None	None	None
H05	Marigat	29/M	Driver	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches	1:80	None	None	None
H06	Sangailu	17/F	Housewife	Fever	1:40	None	None	None
H07	Sangailu	25/M	Herdsman	Fever/chills, headache, diarrhea	1:320	1:1,280	None	None
H08	Sangailu	42/F	Housewife	Fever/chills, headache, abdominal pain	1:40	None	None	None
H09	Sangailu	50/F	Housewife	Fever/chills, cough, head/joint/muscle aches	1:20	None	None	None
H10	Sangailu	24/M	Herder	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches, diarrhea	1:320	None	None	None
H11	Sangailu	53/F	Housewife	Fever, cough, headache, abdominal pain, muscle ache	1:20	None	None	None
H12	Sangailu	26/M	Shepherd	Healthy control	1:20	None	None	None
H13	Sangailu	30/F	Housewife	Healthy control	1:160	None	None	None
H14	Sangailu	65/M	Pastoralist	Healthy control	1:40	1:320	None	None
H15	Sangailu	62/M	Herdsman	Healthy control	1:80	1:640	None	None
H16	Sangailu	34/F	Housewife	Healthy control	1:80	None	None	None
H17	Sangailu	52/F	Housewife	Healthy control	1:20	None	None	None
H18	Sangailu	50/M	Herdsman	Healthy control	None	1:1,280	None	None
H19	Sangailu	57/M	Herdsman	Healthy control	None	1:320	None	None
H20	Sangailu	16/M	Herder	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches, abdominal pain	1:160	1:160	None	None
H21	Sangailu	18/M	Student	Fever, cough, headache, abdominal pains	1:80	None	None	None
H22	Sangailu	9/F	Student	Fever/chills, cough, abdominal pains, joint/muscle aches	1:160	None	None	None
H23	Sangailu	19/F	Housewife	Fever/chills, headache, abdominal pains	1:40	None	None	None
H24	Sangailu	30/F	Housewife	Fever, head/joint/muscle aches, abdominal pain	1:160	1:40	None	None
H25	Sangailu	17/M	Herder	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches, abdominal pain	1:160	None	None	None
H26	Marigat	17/M	Student	Fever/chills, head/joint/muscle aches	1:40	None	None	None

*GFV, Gabek Forest virus; ID, identification; KARV, Karimabad virus; NPV, Ntepes virus; NT, neutralizing test; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus.
†Fever defined as body temperature >38°C.

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¹Current affiliation: Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany.

²These authors contributed equally to this article.

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