Ancient Ancestry of KFDV and AHFV Revealed by Complete Genome Analyses of Viruses Isolated from Ticks and Mammalian Hosts

BACKGROUND: Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV) and Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) cause significant human disease and mortality in Saudi Arabia and India, respectively. Despite their distinct geographic ranges, AHFV and KFDV share a remarkably high sequence identity. Given its emergence d...

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Autores principales: Dodd, Kimberly A., Bird, Brian H., Khristova, Marina L., Albariño, César G., Carroll, Serena A., Comer, James A., Erickson, Bobbie R., Rollin, Pierre E., Nichol, Stuart T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001352

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001352

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