Marburgvirus resurgence in Kitaka mine bat population after extermination attempts, Uganda

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1761-1764

  Amman, Brian R ^a   Nyakarahuka, Luke ^b   McElroy, Anita K ^a,c   Dodd, Kimberly A ^a,d   Sealy, Tara K ^a   Schuh, Amy J ^a   Shoemaker, Trevor R ^a   Balinandi, Stephen ^a   Atimnedi, Patrick ^e   Kaboyo, Winyi ^f   Nichol, Stuart T ^a   Towner, Jonathan S ^a  

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

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BAT; CASE REPORT; CAVE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MARBURG VIRUS; MINE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; TOURISM; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; UGANDA;

EID: 84907286435     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2010.140696     Document Type: Letter

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