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A novel rhabdovirus associated with hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa.
A novel rhabdovirus, Bas-Congo virus (BASV), has been identified in association with an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in a remote village in Bas-Congo, Africa (see Grard et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002924). A phylogenetic tree of rhabdoviruses and silhouettes of their associated host species are superimposed on top of a map of Africa showing countries affected by viral hemorrhagic fever (in color). The orange-red sphere designates both the position of BASV in the phylogenetic tree and the geographic origin of the BASV-associated outbreak. The photo depicts spontaneous bleeding from the arm of an affected patient with hemorrhagic fever.
Image Credit: Charles Chiu, University of California, San Francisco and Eric Leroy, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville.
Citation: (2012) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 8(9) September 2012. PLoS Pathog 8(9): ev08.i09. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v08.i09
Published: September 27, 2012
Copyright: © Chiu, Leroy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A novel rhabdovirus, Bas-Congo virus (BASV), has been identified in association with an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in a remote village in Bas-Congo, Africa (see Grard et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002924). A phylogenetic tree of rhabdoviruses and silhouettes of their associated host species are superimposed on top of a map of Africa showing countries affected by viral hemorrhagic fever (in color). The orange-red sphere designates both the position of BASV in the phylogenetic tree and the geographic origin of the BASV-associated outbreak. The photo depicts spontaneous bleeding from the arm of an affected patient with hemorrhagic fever.
Image Credit: Charles Chiu, University of California, San Francisco and Eric Leroy, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville.