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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Research

Itaya virus, a Novel Orthobunyavirus Associated with Human Febrile Illness, Peru

Robert D. Hontz, Carolina Guevara, Eric S. Halsey, Jesus Silvas, Felix W. Santiago, Steven G. Widen, Thomas G. Wood, Wilma Casanova, Scott C. Weaver, Douglas Watts, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Hideki Ebihara, and Patricia V. AguilarComments to Author 
Author affiliations: United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru (R.D. Hontz, C. Guevara, E.S. Halsey, D.M. Watts, T.J. Kochel); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (J. Silvas, F.W. Santiago, S.G. Widen, T.G. Wood, N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Galveston, Texas, USA (J. Silvas, F.W. Santiago, N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); Direccion Regional de Salud Loreto, Iquitos, Peru (W. Casanova); Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston (N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA (H. Ebihara)

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Table 2

Neutralization titers for IQT9646 and Caraparu viruses by using mouse antisera to determine antigenic differences, Peru*

Strain (virus)
 Anti-IQT9646
 Anti-BeAn3994
IQT9646 (Itaya) 2,560 80
FPI 2066 (Caraparu) <40 2,560
BeAn3994 (Caraparu) 40 1,280

*Neutralization titers are expressed as the dilution of mouse immune ascitic fluid antiserum inhibiting 80% of plaque forming units.

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