Epidemiological investigation of Shuni virus infections in hospitals in two provinces of South Africa (2019–2021) using molecular and serological surveillance

• Matshepo Elizabeth Rakaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Emerging Arbo and Respiratory Virus Research (CEARV), Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-3757

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• Adriano Mendes,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Centre for Emerging Arbo and Respiratory Virus Research (CEARV), Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Paul Wichgers Schreur,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Martin H. Groschup,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany

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• Markus Keller,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany

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• Nicolette Marie Du Plessis,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Maryke De Villier,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Theunis Avenant,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Marietjie Venter

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marietjie.venter1@wits.ac.za

  Affiliations Centre for Emerging Arbo and Respiratory Virus Research (CEARV), Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Emerging Viral Threats, One Health Surveillance and Vaccines (EViTOH) South African Research Chair (SARChi), Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2696-824X

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