Isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from Egyptian fruit bats.

Isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from Egyptian fruit bats.

In July and September 2007, miners working in Kitaka Cave, Uganda, were diagnosed with Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The likely source of infection in the cave was Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) based on detection of Marburg virus RNA in 31/611 (5.1%) bats, virus-specific antibody in bat s...

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Auteurs principaux: Jonathan S Towner, Brian R Amman, Tara K Sealy, Serena A Reeder Carroll, James A Comer, Alan Kemp, Robert Swanepoel, Christopher D Paddock, Stephen Balinandi, Marina L Khristova, Pierre B H Formenty, Cesar G Albarino, David M Miller, Zachary D Reed, John T Kayiwa, James N Mills, Deborah L Cannon, Patricia W Greer, Emmanuel Byaruhanga, Eileen C Farnon, Patrick Atimnedi, Samuel Okware, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Robert Downing, Jordan W Tappero, Sherif R Zaki, Thomas G Ksiazek, Stuart T Nichol, Pierre E Rollin
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/48c76fd0d0f24675a8685e80939b4f49
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