Discovery of novel rhabdoviruses in the blood of healthy individuals from West Africa.

Discovery of novel rhabdoviruses in the blood of healthy individuals from West Africa.

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has the potential to transform the discovery of viruses causing unexplained acute febrile illness (UAFI) because it does not depend on culturing the pathogen or a priori knowledge of the pathogen's nucleic acid sequence. More generally, it has the potential to e...

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Main Authors: Matthew H Stremlau, Kristian G Andersen, Onikepe A Folarin, Jessica N Grove, Ikponmwonsa Odia, Philomena E Ehiane, Omowunmi Omoniwa, Omigie Omoregie, Pan-Pan Jiang, Nathan L Yozwiak, Christian B Matranga, Xiao Yang, Stephen K Gire, Sarah Winnicki, Ridhi Tariyal, Stephen F Schaffner, Peter O Okokhere, Sylvanus Okogbenin, George O Akpede, Danny A Asogun, Dennis E Agbonlahor, Peter J Walker, Robert B Tesh, Joshua Z Levin, Robert F Garry, Pardis C Sabeti, Christian T Happi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363514?pdf=render

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