Human, Nonhuman Primate, and Bat Cells Are Broadly Susceptible to Tibrovirus Particle Cell Entry

In 2012, the genome of a novel rhabdovirus, Bas-Congo virus (BASV), was discovered in the acute-phase serum of a Congolese patient with presumed viral hemorrhagic fever. In the absence of a replicating virus isolate, fulfilling Koch’s postulates to determine whether BASV is indeed a human virus and/...

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Main Authors: Yíngyún Caì, Shuǐqìng Yú, Rohit K. Jangra, Elena N. Postnikova, Jiro Wada, Robert B. Tesh, Sean P. J. Whelan, Michael Lauck, Michael R. Wiley, Courtney L. Finch, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, David H. O’Connor, Gustavo Palacios, Kartik Chandran, Charles Y. Chiu, Jens H. Kuhn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00856/full