Divergent Barmah Forest Virus from Papua New Guinea

We report a case of Barmah Forest virus infection in a child from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, who had no previous travel history. Genomic characterization of the virus showed divergent origin compared with viruses previously detected, supporting the hypothesis that the range of Barmah Forest...

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Autores principales: Caly, Leon, Horwood, Paul F., Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran, Lynch, Stacey, Greenhill, Andrew R., Pomat, William, Rai, Glennis, Kisa, Debbie, Bande, Grace, Druce, Julian, Abdad, Mohammad Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191070
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Sumario:We report a case of Barmah Forest virus infection in a child from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, who had no previous travel history. Genomic characterization of the virus showed divergent origin compared with viruses previously detected, supporting the hypothesis that the range of Barmah Forest virus extends beyond Australia.

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