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Out of Africa: a molecular perspective on the introduction of yellow fever virus into the Americas.

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Yellow fever virus (YFV) remains the cause of severe morbidity and mortality in South America and Africa. To determine the evolutionary history of this important reemerging pathogen, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of the largest YFV data set compiled to date, representing the prM/E gene region from 133 viral isolates sampled from 22 countries over a period of 76 years. We estimate that the currently circulating strains of YFV arose in Africa within the last 1,500 years and emerged in th...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.ppat.0030075
Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PLoS pathogens Journal website
Volume:
3
Issue:
5
Pages:
e75
Publication date:
2007-05-01
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EISSN:
1553-7374
ISSN:
1553-7366
Language:
English
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uuid:613bb23a-dbdf-4fb1-9a97-344a9a50016f
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pubs:195598
Source identifiers:
195598
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2012-12-19

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