Isolation of Oropouche Virus from Febrile Patient, Ecuador

Isolation of Oropouche Virus from Febrile Patient, Ecuador

We report identification of an Oropouche virus strain in a febrile patient from Ecuador by using metagenomic sequencing and real-time reverse transcription PCR. Virus was isolated from patient serum by using Vero cells. Phylogenetic analysis of the whole-genome sequence showed the virus to be simila...

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Main Authors: Emma L. Wise, Steven T. Pullan, Sully Márquez, Verónica Paz, Juan D. Mosquera, Sonia Zapata, Simon K. Jackson, Gyorgy Fejer, Gabriel Trueba, Christopher H. Logue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Arbovirus
orthobunyavirus
bunyavirus
virus
Oropouche
Orthobunyaviridae
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-1569_article

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