Castel G., Kant R., Badou S., Etougbetche J., Dossou H. J., Gauthier Philippe, Houemenou G., Smura T., Sironen T., Dobigny Gauthier. (2021). Genetic characterization of Seoul virus in the seaport of Cotonou, Benin. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27 (10), p. 2704-2710. ISSN 1080-6040.
Titre du document
Genetic characterization of Seoul virus in the seaport of Cotonou, Benin
Castel G., Kant R., Badou S., Etougbetche J., Dossou H. J., Gauthier Philippe, Houemenou G., Smura T., Sironen T., Dobigny Gauthier
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021,
27 (10), p. 2704-2710 ISSN 1080-6040
Seoul virus is a zoonotic pathogen carried by the brown rat Rattus norvegicus. Information on its circulation in Africa is limited. In this study, the virus was detected in 37.5% of brown rats captured in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin. Phylogenetic analyses place this virus in Seoul virus lineage 7.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Sciences du monde animal [080]
