A novel rhabdovirus associated with acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa.

A novel rhabdovirus associated with acute hemorrhagic fever in central Africa.

Deep sequencing was used to discover a novel rhabdovirus (Bas-Congo virus, or BASV) associated with a 2009 outbreak of 3 human cases of acute hemorrhagic fever in Mangala village, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Africa. The cases, presenting over a 3-week period, were characterized by abrupt dis...

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Main Authors: Gilda Grard, Joseph N Fair, Deanna Lee, Elizabeth Slikas, Imke Steffen, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Taylor Sittler, Narayanan Veeraraghavan, J Graham Ruby, Chunlin Wang, Maria Makuwa, Prime Mulembakani, Robert B Tesh, Jonna Mazet, Anne W Rimoin, Travis Taylor, Bradley S Schneider, Graham Simmons, Eric Delwart, Nathan D Wolfe, Charles Y Chiu, Eric M Leroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23028323/?tool=EBI

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