The plasma virome of febrile adult Kenyans shows frequent parvovirus B19 infections and a novel arbovirus (Kadipiro virus)

Viral nucleic acids present in the plasma of 498 Kenyan adults with unexplained fever were characterized by metagenomics analysis of 51 sample pools. The highest to lowest fraction of plasma pools was positive for parvovirus B19 (75 %), pegivirus C (GBV-C) (67 %), alpha anellovirus (59 %), gamma ane...

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Main Authors: Ngoi, C, Siqueira, J, Li, L, Deng, X, Mugo, P, Graham, S, Price, M, Sanders, E, Delwart, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Microbiology Society 2016