Genome sequences of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains isolated in South Africa, Namibia, and Turkey

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Zivcec, Marko
Albarino, Cesar G.
Guerrero, Lisa I. W.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Nichol, Stuart T.
Swanepoel, Robert
Rollin, Pierre E.
Spiropoulou, Christina F.

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American Society for Microbiology

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We report here the full-length sequences of 16 historical isolates of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever orthonairovirus (CCHFV) obtained in Turkey, Namibia, and South Africa. The strains may be useful for future work to develop molecular diagnostics or viral evolution studies.

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Turkey, Namibia, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever orthonairovirus (CCHFV), South Africa (SA)

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Zivcec M, Albarino CG, Guerrero LIW, Ksiazek TG, Nichol ST, Swanepoel R, Rollin PE, Spiropoulou CF. 2017. Genome sequences of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains isolated in South Africa, Namibia, and Turkey. Genome Announc 5:e01060-17. https://doi .org/ 10.1128/genomeA.01060-17.