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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Autores principales: Towner, Jonathan S., Amman, Brian R., Sealy, Tara K., Carroll, Serena A. Reeder, Comer, James A., Kemp, Alan, Swanepoel, Robert, Paddock, Christopher D., Balinandi, Stephen, Khristova, Marina L., Formenty, Pierre B. H., Albarino, Cesar G., Miller, David M., Reed, Zachary D., Kayiwa, John T., Mills, James N., Cannon, Deborah L., Greer, Patricia W., Byaruhanga, Emmanuel, Farnon, Eileen C., Atimnedi, Patrick, Okware, Samuel, Katongole-Mbidde, Edward, Downing, Robert, Tappero, Jordan W., Zaki, Sherif R., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Nichol, Stuart T., Rollin, Pierre E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19649327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000536

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