Development of a reverse genetics system for Sosuga virus allows rapid screening of antiviral compounds.

• Main Authors: Stephen R Welch (Author), Ayan K Chakrabarti (Author), Lisa Wiggleton Guerrero (Author), Harley M Jenks (Author), Michael K Lo (Author), Stuart T Nichol (Author), Christina F Spiropoulou (Author), César G Albariño (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sosuga virus (SOSV) is a recently discovered zoonotic paramyxovirus isolated from a single human case in 2012; it has been ecologically and epidemiologically associated with transmission by the Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Bats have long been recognized as sources of novel zoonotic...