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Molecular epidemiology of Oropouche virus, Brazil.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2011
Vasconcelos Helena Baldez, Nunes Márcio R T, Casseb Lívia M N, Carvalho Valéria L, Pinto da Silva Eliana V, Silva Mayra, Casseb Samir M M, Vasconcelos Pedro F C
Abstract excerpt
Oropouche virus (OROV) is the causative agent of Oropouche fever, an urban febrile arboviral disease widespread in South America, with >30 epidemics reported in Brazil and other Latin American countries during 1960-2009. To describe the molecular epidemiology of OROV, we analyzed the entire N gene sequences (small RNA) of 66 strains and 35 partial Gn (medium RNA) and large RNA gene sequences. Distinct patterns of...
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