Shuni virus in cases of neurologic disease in humans, South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Motlou, Thopisang | |
dc.contributor.author | Venter, Marietjie | |
dc.contributor.email | marietjie.venter@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-18T06:43:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-18T06:43:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe Shuni virus (SHUV) detection in human neurologic disease cases in South Africa. SHUV RNA was identified in 5% of cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected during the arbovirus season from public sector hospitals. This finding suggests that SHUV may be a previously unrecognized cause of human neurologic infections in Africa. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Medical Virology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2022 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The National Research Foundation, Poliomyelitis Research Foundation and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | www.cdc.gov/eid | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Motlou, T.P. & Venter, M. 2021, 'Shuni virus in cases of neurologic disease in humans, South Africa', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 565-569. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6059 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.3201/eid2702.191551 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84049 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | en_ZA |
dc.rights | Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | en_ZA |
dc.subject | RT-PCR | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Arthropod-borne viruses | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Neurologic disease | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Orthobunyavirus | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Viruses | en_ZA |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Shuni virus (SHUV) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Shuni virus in cases of neurologic disease in humans, South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |