GUMBO LIMBO, A NEW GROUP C ARBOVIRUS FROM THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES1

1 February 1969

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology

Vol. 89 (2) , 227-231
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120933

Abstract

This report describes Gumbo Limbo virus, a new Group C arbovirus from the south Florida everglades and the first UnitedStates representative of this group. Serological crossing was demonstrated between Gumbo limbo and 10 of the 12 previously known Group C viruses, with indications of an especially dose relationship to Nepuyo. It is dearly distinguishable from Nepuyo, however, by hemagglutination and neutralization tests.

Keywords

ARBOVIRUS
ARBOVIRUSES, GUMBO LIMBO, GROUP C, NEPUYO
ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES
MICE
MOSQUITOES, CULEX AND AEDES
RATS, SIGMODON HISPIDUS
VERTEBRATE RESERVOIRS