Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "Flaviviruses"

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Genetic determinants of virulence in pathogenic lineage 2 West Nile virus strains

Botha, Elizabeth Magdelena; Markotter, Wanda; Wolfaardt, Marianne; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert; Palacios, Gustavo; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Venter, Marietjie (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008-02)

We determined complete genome sequences of lineage 2 West Nile virus (WNV) strains isolated from patients in South Africa who had mild or severe WNV infections. These strains had previously been shown to produce either ...
An investigation of culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as potential vectors of medically and veterinary important arboviruses in South Africa

Snyman, Jumari; Venter, Gert J.; Venter, Marietjie (MDPI, 2021-10)

Culicoides-borne viruses such as bluetongue, African horse sickness, and Schmallenberg virus cause major economic burdens due to animal outbreaks in Africa and their emergence in Europe and Asia. However, little is known ...
Rapid reverse transcriptase recombinase polymerase amplification assay for flaviviruses using non-infectious in vitro transcribed RNA as positive controls

Bonnet, Elise; Van Jaarsveldt, Danelle; Burt, Felicity Jane (Elsevier, 2022-01)

West Nile virus (WNV) and Wesselsbron virus (WSLV) are mosquito-borne viruses belonging to the Flavivirus genus, family Flaviviridae and cause outbreaks in southern Africa after heavy rain. Isothermal assays have been ...

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