"Nairovirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE named after NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE, an acute, hemorrhagic, tick-borne, gastroenteritis affecting sheep and goats. The type species is Dugbe virus. Some viruses in this genus are capable of causing severe and fatal disease in humans.
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D016855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.087.565
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nairovirus" by people in Profiles.
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Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. Sci Rep. 2017 09 25; 7(1):12234.
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Development of a one step real time RT-PCR assay to detect and quantify Dugbe virus. J Virol Methods. 2011 Sep; 176(1-2):74-7.