Sequencing of Historical Isolates, K-mer Mining and High Serological Cross-Reactivity with Ross River Virus Argue against the Presence of Getah Virus in Australia

Getah virus (GETV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus primarily associated with disease in horses and pigs in Asia. GETV was also reported to have been isolated from mosquitoes in Australia in 1961; however, retrieval and sequencing of the original isolates (N544 and N554), illustrated that these...

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Main Authors: Daniel J. Rawle, Wilson Nguyen, Troy Dumenil, Rhys Parry, David Warrilow, Bing Tang, Thuy T. Le, Andrii Slonchak, Alexander A. Khromykh, Viviana P. Lutzky, Kexin Yan, Andreas Suhrbier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/10/848