Kedougou virus (KEDV) is an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus, belongs to the IV group of a ((+) ssRNA) viruses.

[1] The virus was first isolated from Aedes minutus mosquitoes in Senegal in 1971.

[2] KEDV belongs to the Kedougou virus group.

[3] KEDV has also been isolated from Aedes circumluteolus mosquitoes collected in Ndumu [af; nso], KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

[4] While there is serological evidence for previous infection in humans, and one isolate from humans identified in the Central African Republic, to date no disease has been reported.