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Volume 14 , Pages e213-e216 , September 2010

A newly identified Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strain in Turkey

Murat Elevli
- Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ayse Ayaz Ozkul
- Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Mahmut Civilibal
- Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 212 6330077; fax: +90 212 6326832.
Kenan Midilli
- Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Aysen Gargili
- Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Nilgun Selcuk Duru
- Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 20 January 2009 ,Revised 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

Location where new the CCHF strain was acquired in Istanbul relative to the previously identified endemic zone (Kelkit Valley region of Turkey).

Location where new the CCHF strain was acquired in Istanbul relative to the previously identified endemic zone (Kelkit Valley region of Turkey).
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Phylogenetic trees for CCHF strains. I: West Africa; II: Democratic Republic of Congo; III: Southern/West Africa; IV: Asia/Middle East; V: Europe/Turkey; VI: Greece (AP92). Previous isolates from Turk

Phylogenetic trees for CCHF strains. I: West Africa; II: Democratic Republic of Congo; III: Southern/West Africa; IV: Asia/Middle East; V: Europe/Turkey; VI: Greece (AP92). Previous isolates from Turkey and the new KMAG-Hu-07-01 virus are highlighted on the tree.
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