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

Authors :
Sandra Junglen
Marco Marklewitz
Florian Zirkel
Robert Wollny
Benjamin Meyer
Hanna Heidemann
Sonja Metzger
Augustina Annan
Dickson Dei
Fabian H. Leendertz
Samuel Oppong
Sung Sup Park
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 12, Pp 2190-2193 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
21
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b6eb893a419484188c21d4c1e9cac45
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.141840