No Evidence of Gouléako and Herbert Virus Infections in Pigs, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Junglen, Sandra ; Marklewitz, Marco ; Zirkel, Florian ; Wollny, Robert ; Meyer, Benjamin ; Heidemann, Hanna ; Metzger, Sonja ; Annan, Augustina ; Dei, Dickson ; Leendertz, Fabian H. ; Oppong, Samuel ; Drosten, Christian
• Description:
  A recent report suggested that 2 novel bunyaviruses discovered in insects in Côte d'Ivoire caused lethal disease in swine in South Korea. We conducted cell culture studies and tested serum from pigs exposed to mosquitoes in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana and found no evidence for infection in pigs.
• Subjects:
  Animals Bunyaviridae Infections Culicidae Orthobunyavirus Swine
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(12):2190-2193
• Pubmed ID:
  26583956
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4672453
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Côte d’Ivoire ; Ghana ; Africa ; South Korea
• Location:
  Africa ; Asia
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:466dab30729848ee43009bf826bc188d266231e85cadc14b326c4088927623fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36522/cdc_36522_DS1.pdf
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