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SUBMITTER: Palacios G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4681062 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palacios Gustavo G Wiley Michael R MR Travassos da Rosa Amelia P A APA Guzman Hilda H Quiroz Evelia E Savji Nazir N Carrera Jean-Paul JP Bussetti Ana Valeria AV Ladner Jason T JT Ian Lipkin W W Tesh Robert B RB
The Journal of general virology 20150501 8
Punta Toro virus (PTV), a member of the PTV complex, is a relatively common causative agent of febrile illness in Panama that is often misdiagnosed as 'dengue' or 'influenza'. Currently, only two named members make up this species complex, PTV and Buenaventura virus (BUEV). Genomic and antigenic characterization of 17 members of the PTV complex, nine of which were isolated from human acute febrile illness cases, reveals that this species complex is composed of six distant viruses. We propose to ...[more]