Incidence of Sindbis Virus in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Fevers of Unknown Cause in South Africa, 2019–2020

Incidence of Sindbis Virus in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Fevers of Unknown Cause in South Africa, 2019–2020

BackgroundSindbis virus (SINV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that is widely distributed worldwide. Little is known about the febrile and neurological disease burden due to SINV in South Africa.Patients and MethodsClinical samples of patients with acute febrile disease of unknown cause (AFDUC) were...

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Main Authors: Kgothatso Meno, Clarence Yah, Adriano Mendes, Marietjie Venter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Sindbis virus
IgM
South Africa
acute febrile illness
neurological symptoms
indirect immunofluorescence assay
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.798810/full

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