Novel Orthobunyavirus Identified in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Ugandan Child With Severe Encephalopathy.

ABSTRACT: A Ugandan child with an unexplained encephalitis was investigated using viral metagenomics. Several sequences from all segments of a novel orthobunyavirus were found. The S-segment, used for typing, showed 41% amino acid diversity to its closest relative. The virus was named Ntwetwe virus, after the hometown of the patient.

SUBMITTER: Edridge AWD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6293039 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature