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