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This study isolates and characterizes two novel alphaherpesviruses from fruit bats in Kenya, providing partial genomic data and phylogenetic placement near primate viruses.

The paper detects and genetically characterizes West Nile virus in Kenyan mosquitoes, identifies transovarial transmission in Aedes aegypti, and finds lineage-specific evolution and mutations.

This study isolates and characterizes the West Nile virus Koutango lineage from phlebotomine sandflies in Kenya, revealing genetic variations and replication efficiency in mammalian and mosquito cells.

The paper reports the genomic analysis of the first mpox virus case in Kenya, showing it clusters with clade Ib strains linked to the DRC outbreak and highlights the need for expanded sequencing efforts.