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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Sand Fly–Associated Phlebovirus with Evidence of Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Kenya

David P. TchouassiComments to Author , Marco Marklewitz, Edith Chepkorir, Florian Zirkel1, Sheila B. Agha, Caroline C. Tigoi, Edith Koskei, Christian Drosten, Christian Borgemeister, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen2Comments to Author , and Rosemary Sang2
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 4

Neutralizing activity of novel sand fly–associated phlebovirus Ntepes virus from Kenya in relation to other selected members of the Phlebovirus genus. Anti-GFV and anti-KARV samples were tested along with 26 human serum samples. GFV, Gabek Forest virus; H, human; KARV, Karimabad virus; NPV, Ntepes virus; NT, neutralizing test; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus.

Figure 4. Neutralizing activity of novel sand fly–associated phlebovirus Ntepes virus from Kenya in relation to other selected members of the Phlebovirus genus. Anti-GFV and anti-KARV samples were tested along with 26 human serum samples. GFV, Gabek Forest virus; H, human; KARV, Karimabad virus; NPV, Ntepes virus; NT, neutralizing test; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus.

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1Current affiliation: Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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