| Species |
Incubation period |
Clinical signs |
| Humans |
3-8 days
|
Biphasic course of illness and fever. Sudden onset of fever and headache, back pain, prostration. After a febrile period of 1-2 weeks, CNS symptoms begin to develop; a mild meningoencephalitis frequently occurs. A small proportion of patients develop coma or bronchopneumonia prior to death. 2-10% fatality.
|
| Cattle, sheep, goats |
-- |
KFD-specific antibody titers can be present but not considered a reservoir |
| Grey langur (Presbytis entellus) |
-- |
-- |
| Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) |
After experimental infection, diarrhea at 4dpi; death by 7dpi |
Diarrhea, dehydration, lymphopenia, death. |
| Rats: Ratus rattus wroughtoni R. blandfordi |
No disease |
After experimental infection, R. r. wroughtoni, R. blandfordi exhibited low viral titers, no morbidity or mortality |
| Mice: Mus booduga Vandeleuria oleracea |
-- |
-- |
| Palm Squirrel Funambulus tristriatus numarius |
2-4 days after experimental infection |
Disseminated nonsuppurative encephalitis, death. |
| Shrew: Suncus murinus |
-- |
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