The detected virus was transmitted only among animals for decades
The detected virus was transmitted only among animals for decades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 16-year-old boy has been infected with a virus that has been transmitted only among animals for decades, researchers at the University of Florida in Florida have confirmed.
According to the newspaper "Daily Mail" British, the American boy was infected with the virus, "Keystone," while spending vacation in a camp in northern Florida.
The Keystone virus was first discovered in Tampa on the Florida Gulf coast in 1964 and is usually transmitted among animals through mosquitoes belonging to the Zica strain.
The boy was admitted to hospital in 2016 due to high fever and a rash on his skin. After blood analysis, he was found to have no virus.
Subsequently, researchers at the University of Florida investigated the boy's condition until they were recently surprised to have an old virus that only passed among animals.
The virus causes symptoms such as high fever, skin rash and encephalitis, but it does not appear in the boy.
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