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Isolation and characterization of a Brazilian strain of yellow fever virus from an epizootic outbreak in 2009.
Acta tropica - 1 Feb 2017
Jorge Taissa Ricciardi, Mosimann Ana Luiza Pamplona, Noronha Lucia de, Maron Angela, Duarte Dos Santos Claudia Nunes
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During a series of epizootics caused by Yellow fever virus in Brazil between 2007 and 2009, a monkey was found dead (May 2009) in a sylvatic area in the State of Paraná. Brain samples from this animal were used for immunohistochemical analysis and isolation of a wild-type strain of YFV. This viral strain was characterized, and sequence analyzes demonstrated that it is closely related with YFV strains of the...
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