Sand Fly–Associated Phlebovirus with Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Kenya
David P. Tchouassi
, Marco Marklewitz, Edith Chepkorir, Florian Zirkel
1, Sheila B. Agha, Caroline C. Tigoi, Edith Koskei, Christian Drosten, Christian Borgemeister, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen
2 , and Rosemary Sang
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Author affiliations: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya (D.P. Tchouassi, E. Chepkorir, S.B. Agha, C.C. Tigoi, B. Torto, R. Sang); Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, C. Drosten, S. Junglen); German Center for Infection Research, Berlin (M. Marklewitz, F. Zirkel, C. Drosten, S. Junglen); Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi (E. Koskei, R. Sang); University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (C. Borgemeister)
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Figure 2. Genome organization of novel sand fly–associated phlebovirus Ntepes virus identified in Kenya. Sequence length of the L, M, and S segments (in bp) and encoded predicted proteins RdRp, Gn, Gc, N, and nonstructural proteins NSm and NSs (in kDa) are indicated; ORF positions (length in bp) are also indicated. GFV, Gabek Forest virus; L, large segment (encoding the RdRp protein); M, medium segment (encoding the nonstructural protein NSm and the 2 glycoproteins Gn and Gc); N, nucleocapsid protein; ORF, open reading frame; RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; S, small segment (encoding the N protein and nonstructural protein NSs in an ambisense manner); vRNA, virus RNA.
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