Genetic Diversity of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains from Iran

• Main Authors: Sadegh Chinikar (Author), Saeid Bouzari (Author), Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar (Author), Ehsan Mostafavi (Author), Tahmineh Jalali (Author), Sahar Khakifirouz (Author), Norbert Nowotny (Author), Anthony R. Fooks (Author), Nariman Shah-Hosseini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a member of the Bunyaviridae family and Nairovirus genus. It has a negative-sense, single stranded RNA genome approximately 19.2 kb, containing the Small, Medium, and Large segments. CCHFVs are relatively divergent in their genome sequence...