TY - JOUR
T1 - Divergent Barmah Forest virus from Papua New Guinea
AU - Caly, Leon
AU - Horwood, Paul F.
AU - Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran
AU - Lynch, Stacey
AU - Greenhill, Andrew R.
AU - Pomat, William
AU - Rai, Glennis
AU - Kisa, Debbie
AU - Bande, Grace
AU - Druce, Julian
AU - Abdad, Mohammad Y.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - We report a case of Barmah Forest virus infection in a child from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, who had no previous travel history. Genomic characterization of the virus showed divergent origin compared with viruses previously detected, supporting the hypothesis that the range of Barmah Forest virus extends beyond Australia.
AB - We report a case of Barmah Forest virus infection in a child from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, who had no previous travel history. Genomic characterization of the virus showed divergent origin compared with viruses previously detected, supporting the hypothesis that the range of Barmah Forest virus extends beyond Australia.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075121135&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid2512.191070
DO - 10.3201/eid2512.191070
M3 - Article
C2 - 31742504
AN - SCOPUS:85075121135
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 25
SP - 2266
EP - 2269
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 12
ER -
