Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa

We describe Shuni virus (SHUV) detection in human neurologic disease cases in South Africa. SHUV RNA was identified in 5% of cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected during the arbovirus season from public sector hospitals. This finding suggests that SHUV may be a previously unrecognized cause of hum...

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Autores principales: Motlou, Thopisang P., Venter, Marietjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33496223
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.191551
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description We describe Shuni virus (SHUV) detection in human neurologic disease cases in South Africa. SHUV RNA was identified in 5% of cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected during the arbovirus season from public sector hospitals. This finding suggests that SHUV may be a previously unrecognized cause of human neurologic infections in Africa.
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spelling pubmed-78535832021-02-09 Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa Motlou, Thopisang P. Venter, Marietjie Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe Shuni virus (SHUV) detection in human neurologic disease cases in South Africa. SHUV RNA was identified in 5% of cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected during the arbovirus season from public sector hospitals. This finding suggests that SHUV may be a previously unrecognized cause of human neurologic infections in Africa. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7853583/ /pubmed/33496223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.191551 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa
title Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa
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title_fullStr Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa
title_short Shuni Virus in Cases of Neurologic Disease in Humans, South Africa
title_sort shuni virus in cases of neurologic disease in humans, south africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33496223
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