Emergence of epidemic O'nyong-nyong fever in uganda after a 35-year absence: Genetic characterization of the virus

Virology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 258-268

  Lanciotti, Robert S ^a   Ludwig, Michelle L ^a   Rwaguma, Elly B ^b   Lutwama, Julius J ^b   Kram, Tim M ^a   Karabatsos, Nick ^a   Cropp, Bruce C ^a   Miller, Barry R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; IGBO ORA VIRUS; O'NYONG-NYONG VIRUS; ORA; RNA VIRUSES; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 0032488241     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9437     Document Type: Article

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