Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Marburg Virus in Fruit Bat, Kenya

Ivan V. Kuzmin

, Michael Niezgoda, Richard Franka, Bernard Agwanda, Wanda Markotter, Robert F. Breiman, Wun-Ju Shieh, Sherif R. Zaki, and Charles E. Rupprecht

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (I.V. Kuzmin, M. Niezgoda, R. Franka, W.-J. Shieh, S.R. Zaki, C.E. Rupprecht); National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya (B. Agwanda); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (W. Markotter); and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–Kenya, Nairobi (R.F. Breiman)

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Phylogenetic position of Lake Victoria Marburgvirus isolate KE261 (in boldface) among other Marburg viruses, based on the 400-nt fragment of the nucleoprotein gene. GenBank accession numbers, sequence names, and origins (in parentheses) are indicated. Bootstrap support was calculated for 1,000 replicates. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Appendix Figure. Phylogenetic position of Lake Victoria Marburgvirus isolate KE261 (in boldface) among other Marburg viruses, based on the 400-nt fragment of the nucleoprotein gene. GenBank accession numbers, sequence names, and origins (in parentheses) are indicated. Bootstrap support was calculated for 1,000 replicates. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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