Detection and genome characterization of Middelburg virus strains isolated from CSF and whole blood samples of humans with neurological manifestations in South Africa

• Isabel Fourie,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoonotic Arbo-and Respiratory Virus (ZARV) program, Centre for Viral Zoonoses (CVZ), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8566-3350

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• June Williams,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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• Arshad Ismail,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Division of National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Sandringham, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-5915

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• Petrus Jansen van Vuren,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO-Health and Biosecurity, Geelong, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-7983

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• Anton Stoltz †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Infectious diseases, Steve Biko Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Marietjie Venter

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marietjie.venter@up.ac.za

  Affiliation Zoonotic Arbo-and Respiratory Virus (ZARV) program, Centre for Viral Zoonoses (CVZ), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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