Genotypic and phylogeographic insights into a pre-epidemic variant of Wesselsbron virus detected in sylvatic Aedes mcintoshi from Semuliki Forest, Uganda

Genotypic and phylogeographic insights into a pre-epidemic variant of Wesselsbron virus detected in sylvatic Aedes mcintoshi from Semuliki Forest, Uganda

ABSTRACT Wesselsbron virus (WSLV) is a neglected mosquito-borne virus within the yellow fever subgroup in the genus Orthoflavivirus of the Flaviviridae family. Despite being primarily a veterinary pathogen able to cause stillbirths, congenital malformations, and mortality in ruminants, WSLV also inf...

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Main Authors: Georg Joachim Eibner, Selina Laura Graff, Christian Hieke, James Robert Ochieng, Anne Kopp, Christian Drosten, Julius Lutwama, Innocent Bidason Rwego, Sandra Junglen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Wesselsbron virus
flavivirus
mosquito
arbovirus
phylogeographic spread
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00914-24

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00914-24

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