Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana
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Williams, Richard, Vázquez, Ana, Asante, Ivy, Bonney, Kofi, Odoom, Shirley, Puplampu, Naiki, Ampofo, William, Sánchez-Seco, María Paz, Tenorio, Antonio and Peterson, A. Townsend 2012. Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana. African Journal of Microbiology Research. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR11.479
| Authors | Williams, Richard, Vázquez, Ana, Asante, Ivy, Bonney, Kofi, Odoom, Shirley, Puplampu, Naiki, Ampofo, William, Sánchez-Seco, María Paz, Tenorio, Antonio and Peterson, A. Townsend |
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| Abstract | 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. |
| Keywords | Birds; Flavivirus; Ghana; West Nile virus; Yaoundé virus |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal | African Journal of Microbiology Research |
| Publisher | Academic Journals |
| ISSN | 1996-0808 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR11.479 |
| Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623619 |
| http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | |
| hdl:10545/623619 | |
| Publication dates | 09 Mar 2012 |
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| Deposited | 19 Mar 2019, 13:39 |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States |
| Contributors | University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Complutense Universidad, Madrid 28040, Spain, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Institute of Health Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana |
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