| an outbreak of human semliki forest virus infections in central african republic. | semliki forest (sf) virus was responsible for an outbreak of febrile illnesses in bangui, central african republic (car), during october-december 1987. the virus was isolated at first from mosquitoes, mainly aedes africanus, collected august-october in a gallery forest 100 km from bangui. during october-december, 22 isolations of sf virus were made from serum samples collected from patients in bangui presenting with fever, severe persistent headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and a convalescence mark ... | 1990 | 2158754 |