RT Journal Article
T1 Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana
A1 Williams, Richard Alexander John
A1 Vázquez, Ana
A1 Asante, Ivy
A1 Bonney, Kofi
A1 Odoom, Shirley
A1 Puplampu, Naik
A1 Ampofo, William
A1 Sánchez-Seco, María Paz
A1 Tenorio, Antonio
A1 Peterson, Townsend
AB Tissue and swab samples from 551 wild birds collected in Ghana (October-November 2007) were assayed for alphaviruses, flaviviruses, and influenza A viruses using polymerase chain (PCR) techniques. One pool sample tested positive for Flavivirus RNA; further testing revealed that the amplified sequence was Yaoundé virus (YAOV), or closely related to it. YAOV is an apparently rare Flavivirus closely related to medically important human pathogens Japanese Encephalitis virus and West Nile virus. It is known only from West Africa. This is the first detection from Ghana, and only the second detection from a bird. Samples were negative for alphaviruses and Influenza A virus.
PB Academic Journals
SN 1996-0808
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100324
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100324
LA eng
NO Williams RAJ, Vázquez A, Asamte I, Bonney K, Odoom S, Puplampu N, Ampofo W, Sánchez-Seco MP, Tenorio A, Peterson AT. Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana.
NO This study was supported by the US National Biological Information Infrastructure, the GAINS program of the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, grants FIS PI07/1308 of the Red de Investigacion de Centros de Enfermedaes Tropicales RD06/0021, and the agreement signed between the Institute of Health Carlos III and the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy for the surveillance of imported viral hemorrhagic fevers. Influenza work was supported by grant GR09/0040 (MPY-1440/09) ISCIII. RW is supported by grantCGL2010-15734/BOS, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Ministerio de Sanidad (España)
NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III
DS Docta Complutense
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