Artigo Revisado por pares

Nepuyo Virus, A New Group C Agent Isolated in Trinidad and Brazil

1966; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 15; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.772

ISSN

1476-1645

Autores

Robert E. Shope, Loring Whitman,

Tópico(s)

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Resumo

SummaryNepuyo virus, represented by one strain from Trinidad and five from Brazil, reacts by hemagglutination-inhibition (HI), neutralization and complement-fixation (CF) testing with previously described group C types but is distinct from them. By HI and neutralization testing Nepuyo is most closely related to Murutucu virus, and by CF testing to Apeu and Marituba viruses.

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