Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015
Dispatch
Novel Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007–2012
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![Maximum clade credibility tree based on partial polymerase (large) gene sequences (439 bp) of paramyxoviruses built in BEAST version 1.7.4 software (http://beast.bio.ed.ac.uk/), applying the general time reversible plus invariant sites plus gamma model inferred by jModelTest version 0.1.1 (10). Sequences detected in this study are indicated in red. Identical sequences were collapsed to only show a representative. Genus-specific clusters are indicated on the right and show possible opportunistic](/eid/images/14-0368-F1.jpg)
Figure. Maximum clade credibility tree based on partial polymerase (large) gene sequences (439 bp) of paramyxoviruses built in BEAST version 1.7.4 software (http://beast.bio.ed.ac.uk/), applying the general time reversible plus invariant sites plus gamma model inferred by jModelTest version 0.1.1 (10). Sequences detected in this study are indicated in red. Identical sequences were collapsed to only show a representative. Genus-specific clusters are indicated on the right and show possible opportunistic infections in other species grouping within these clusters. The 2 lineages reported are indicated in the gray areas.
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