Kadam virusKadam virus is a tick-borne flavivirus belonging to the genus Orthoflavivirus.LocatedThe 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.SpreadIn 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.