Reemergence of Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, 2007–2008
Patricia V. Aguilar
, Wilfredo Camargo, Jorge Vargas, Carolina Guevara, Yelin Roca, Vidal Felices, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Robert B. Tesh, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and Tadeusz J. Kochel
Author affiliations: US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru (P.V. Aguilar, C. Guevara, V. Felices, V.A. Laguna-Torres, T. Kochel); Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (J. Vargas, Y. Roca); El Servicio Departamental de Salud, Beni, Bolivia (W. Camargo); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (R. Tesh); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.G. Ksiazek).
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Figure. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of Machupo virus derived from the glycoprotein precursor gene sequence. The neighbor-joining and maximum likelihood analyses yielded similar phylogenetic trees. Boldface indicates 2007–2008 isolates. Numbers indicate bootstrap values for 1,000 replicates. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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