Detection of dicistroviruses RNA in blood of febrile Tanzanian children

ABSTRACTFever is the leading cause of paediatric outpatient consultations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although most are suspected to be of viral origin, a putative causative pathogen is not identified in over a quarter of these febrile episodes. Using a de novo assembly sequencing approach, we report the...

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Main Authors: Samuel Cordey, Florian Laubscher, Mary-Anne Hartley, Thomas Junier, Francisco J. Pérez-Rodriguez, Kristina Keitel, Gael Vieille, Josephine Samaka, Tarsis Mlaganile, Frank Kagoro, Noémie Boillat-Blanco, Zainab Mbarack, Mylène Docquier, Francisco Brito, Daniel Eibach, Jürgen May, Peter Sothmann, Cassandra Aldrich, John Lusingu, Caroline Tapparel, Valérie D’Acremont, Laurent Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1603791