Multiple Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains are associated with disease outbreaks in Sudan, 2008-2009

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Aradaib, Imadeldin E ^a   Erickson, Bobbie R ^b   Karsany, Mubarak S ^c   Khristova, Marina L ^d   Elageb, Rehab M ^c   Mohamed, Mohamed E H ^a   Nichol, Stuart T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RURAL POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUDAN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79958004955     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001159     Document Type: Article

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