First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902
The first case of yellow fever in French Guiana since 1902 was reported in March 1998. The yellow fever virus genome was detected in postmortem liver biopsies by seminested polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis showed that this strain was most closely related to strains from Brazil and Ecuado...
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author | J.M. Heraud D. Hommel A. Hulin V. Deubel J.D. Poveda J.L. Sarthou A. Talarmin |
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description | The first case of yellow fever in French Guiana since 1902 was reported in March 1998. The yellow fever virus genome was detected in postmortem liver biopsies by seminested polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis showed that this strain was most closely related to strains from Brazil and Ecuador. |
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spelling | doaj.art-9851d7757b744421931d17a56fc8003f2022-12-21T19:14:20ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60591999-06-015342943210.3201/eid0503.990314First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902J.M. HeraudD. HommelA. HulinV. DeubelJ.D. PovedaJ.L. SarthouA. TalarminThe first case of yellow fever in French Guiana since 1902 was reported in March 1998. The yellow fever virus genome was detected in postmortem liver biopsies by seminested polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis showed that this strain was most closely related to strains from Brazil and Ecuador.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/3/99-0314_articleFrench Guiana |
spellingShingle | J.M. Heraud D. Hommel A. Hulin V. Deubel J.D. Poveda J.L. Sarthou A. Talarmin First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 Emerging Infectious Diseases French Guiana |
title | First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 |
title_full | First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 |
title_fullStr | First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 |
title_full_unstemmed | First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 |
title_short | First Case of Yellow Fever in French Guiana since 1902 |
title_sort | first case of yellow fever in french guiana since 1902 |
topic | French Guiana |
url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/3/99-0314_article |
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