Discovery of novel rhabdoviruses in the blood of healthy individuals from West Africa.

• Main Authors: Matthew H Stremlau (Author), Kristian G Andersen (Author), Onikepe A Folarin (Author), Jessica N Grove (Author), Ikponmwonsa Odia (Author), Philomena E Ehiane (Author), Omowunmi Omoniwa (Author), Omigie Omoregie (Author), Pan-Pan Jiang (Author), Nathan L Yozwiak (Author), Christian B Matranga (Author), Xiao Yang (Author), Stephen K Gire (Author), Sarah Winnicki (Author), Ridhi Tariyal (Author), Stephen F Schaffner (Author), Peter O Okokhere (Author), Sylvanus Okogbenin (Author), George O Akpede (Author), Danny A Asogun (Author), Dennis E Agbonlahor (Author), Peter J Walker (Author), Robert B Tesh (Author), Joshua Z Levin (Author), Robert F Garry (Author), Pardis C Sabeti (Author), Christian T Happi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has the potential to transform the discovery of viruses causing unexplained acute febrile illness (UAFI) because it does not depend on culturing the pathogen or a priori knowledge of the pathogen's nucleic acid sequence. More generally, it has the potential to e...