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Clarifying Bunyamwera virus riddles of the past

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Pyrosequencing data and phylogenetic analysis for the full genome of Ilesha virus, Ngari virus and Calovo virus are described clarifying their much discussed relationship within the species Bunyamwera virus of the genus Orthobunyavirus of the Bunyaviridae.

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This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Grant Number 01KI0710, ‘Research on Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’ programme, ‘Emerging arthropod-borne viral infections in Germany: Pathogenesis, diagnostics and surveillance’ and the BMBF funded research programme ‘Potential release-oriented biothreat emergency diagnostics (P.R.O.B.E)’ for civil security of the German Federal Government as part of the high-tech strategy for Germany.

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    Meik Dilcher, Frank T. Hufert & Manfred Weidmann

  2. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, 36 Avenue Pasteur, B.P. 220, Dakar, Senegal

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Dilcher, M., Sall, A.A., Hufert, F.T. et al. Clarifying Bunyamwera virus riddles of the past. Virus Genes 47, 160–163 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-013-0918-y

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