Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana

Williams, Richard A. J.; Vázquez, Ana; Asamte, Ivy; Bonney, Kofi; Odoom, Shirley; Puplampu, Naiki; Ampofo, William; Sánchez-Seco, María Paz; Tenorio, Antonio; Peterson, A. Townsend

dc.contributor.author	Williams, Richard A. J.
dc.contributor.author	Vázquez, Ana
dc.contributor.author	Asamte, Ivy
dc.contributor.author	Bonney, Kofi
dc.contributor.author	Odoom, Shirley
dc.contributor.author	Puplampu, Naiki
dc.contributor.author	Ampofo, William
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez-Seco, María Paz
dc.contributor.author	Tenorio, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Peterson, A. Townsend
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-21T02:30:01Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-21T02:30:01Z
dc.date.issued	2012-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Williams, Richard A. J.; Vázquez, Ana; Asante, Ivy; Bonney, Kofi; Odoom, Shirley; Puplampu, Naiki; Ampofo, William; Sánchez-Seco, María Paz; Tenorio, Antonio; and Peterson, A. Townsend. 2012. Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana. African Journal of Microbiology Research 6:1966-1969. http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/5D0DE8B22131
dc.identifier.issn	1996-0808
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13339
dc.description	This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/5D0DE8B22131
dc.description.abstract	Tissue and swab samples from 551 wild birds collected in Ghana (October-November 2007) were assayed for alphaviruses, flaviviruses, and influenza A viruses using polymerase chain (PCR) techniques. One pool sample tested positive for Flavivirus RNA; further testing revealed that the amplified sequence was Yaoundé virus (YAOV), or closely related to it. YAOV is an apparently rare Flavivirus closely related to medically important human pathogens Japanese Encephalitis virus and West Nile virus. It is known only from West Africa. This is the first detection from Ghana, and only the second detection from a bird. Samples were negative for alphaviruses and Influenza A virus.
dc.publisher	Academic Journals
dc.subject	Birds
dc.subject	Flavivirus
dc.subject	Ghana
dc.subject	West nile virus
dc.subject	Yaoundé virus
dc.title	Yaoundé-like virus in resident wild bird, Ghana
dc.type	Article
kusw.kuauthor	Williams, Richard A.J.
kusw.kuauthor	Peterson, A. Townsend
kusw.kudepartment	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
kusw.kudepartment	Biodiversity Institute
kusw.oastatus	fullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi	10.5897/AJMR11.479
kusw.oaversion	Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
kusw.oapolicy	This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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